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Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]



On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 08:25:22PM +0000, ghe2001 wrote:
>Master/slave my be less than optimal when describing humans, but they're very useful when working with DNS.
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>And blacklist is useful in SMTP, among others.  IIRC, the word refers to voting in classical Athens, not humans.
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>Offensive terms should, of course, be removed from public discourse, but programmers are free to use any string they want to name a variable in their code -- especially when released compiled.

^ This.  I concur 100%.  Politically correct language, or politics in
general, have no place in software.
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Best regards,

Brian T

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