Python joins movement to dump 'offensive' master, slave terms • The Register
'In 2014, Drupal, after some argument, swapped the terms "master" and "slave" for "primary" and "replica."'
'Last week Victor Stinner, a Python developer who works for Red Hat, published four pull requests seeking to change "master" and "slave" in Python documentation and code to terms like "parent," "worker," or something similarly anodyne. '
'The same year, Django traded "master" and "slave" for "leader" and "follower."'
'And when Python 3.8 is released, there will be fewer instances of these terms. '
'"I'm not super-excited by the idea that Python has to change its behavior based on secret comments," lamented Larry Hastings. '
Blue-haired tranny dykes are coming really hard into IT field, don't they. I remember seeing a github profile of such a specimen. All the "helpful" contributions she ever made were Code of Conducts, LMAO.
While in an of itself, the terminology may not seem important, it is a strong indicator that Python leadership has grown vapid and useless. Sane stakeholders should start considering what other options might exist that could fill the same need.
I always thought Python sucked due to having to deal with whitespace for scoping anyway, personally. Yeah, you can work around it but it's ultimately just a crummy design decision as it results in annoying and frequent errors.
It's as annoying as if C/C++ forced you to have exactly 3 spaces after every semi-colon.
Of course, other than that it is nice, has many cool libraries blah blah. Disliking the design doesn't mean I won't use it, though this SJW shit is another prospect. I fucking loathe globalist SJW trash.
As much as that design decision is defended in the community, it is telling how little other languages wish to repeat it. I'm pretty much the same though. I use it anyway in some situations. I do tend to find myself beginning to steer clear of some of these projects when they start to become overly political.though.
I surf with javascript off, and sometimes those archive sites ruin a web page completely unless I turn on Javascript EVEN for pages that work FINE without javascript.
Plus I see no ads right now with my javascript off for that link!
What do YOU SEE with javascript off OR on ? I see no fucking ads.
I see a tiny little thing on far bottom right that says "Sign up to our Newsletters", and thats hardly an advertisement.
Are you a troll who owns stock in an archive site? Maybe YOU are the ad @notenoughstuff ! You are advertising for other sites.
Since when is the usage of archive sites controversial? I thought it was a common operating procedure for newspaper websites, including on /r/the_donald and I recall on /pol/.
I mean, there's even a bot posting an archive link here in this thread, see derram's comment.
But turning off Javascript is admittedly not a bad idea.
20 comments
0 u/roznak [OP] 12 Sep 2018 17:09
They could rename "Python" to "Vagina" since the "P" in Python clearly refers to Penis.
0 u/captbrogers 12 Sep 2018 17:19
Once a project starts going non-binary that's when I know they've really lost it.
It's a spectrum of numbers, you hetero-bit-normative supremacist.
0 u/derram 12 Sep 2018 17:21
https://archive.fo/Q0VCP :
'In 2014, Drupal, after some argument, swapped the terms "master" and "slave" for "primary" and "replica."'
'Last week Victor Stinner, a Python developer who works for Red Hat, published four pull requests seeking to change "master" and "slave" in Python documentation and code to terms like "parent," "worker," or something similarly anodyne. '
'The same year, Django traded "master" and "slave" for "leader" and "follower."'
'And when Python 3.8 is released, there will be fewer instances of these terms. '
'"I'm not super-excited by the idea that Python has to change its behavior based on secret comments," lamented Larry Hastings. '
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0 u/SlimeyJusticeWarrior 12 Sep 2018 18:13
Blue-haired tranny dykes are coming really hard into IT field, don't they. I remember seeing a github profile of such a specimen. All the "helpful" contributions she ever made were Code of Conducts, LMAO.
0 u/ohgodhelpplease 12 Sep 2018 19:08
I vote to change the terms to Aryan and untermensch.
0 u/speedisavirus 12 Sep 2018 20:45
Guess I'll never write anything in python again. They do know just randomly changing names of shit causes backwards compatibility problems, right?
0 u/prattle 12 Sep 2018 21:16
While in an of itself, the terminology may not seem important, it is a strong indicator that Python leadership has grown vapid and useless. Sane stakeholders should start considering what other options might exist that could fill the same need.
0 u/foltaisaprovenshill 15 Sep 2018 07:29
I always thought Python sucked due to having to deal with whitespace for scoping anyway, personally. Yeah, you can work around it but it's ultimately just a crummy design decision as it results in annoying and frequent errors.
It's as annoying as if C/C++ forced you to have exactly 3 spaces after every semi-colon.
Of course, other than that it is nice, has many cool libraries blah blah. Disliking the design doesn't mean I won't use it, though this SJW shit is another prospect. I fucking loathe globalist SJW trash.
0 u/prattle 15 Sep 2018 14:21
As much as that design decision is defended in the community, it is telling how little other languages wish to repeat it. I'm pretty much the same though. I use it anyway in some situations. I do tend to find myself beginning to steer clear of some of these projects when they start to become overly political.though.
0 u/whambamthankyouham 02 Oct 2018 14:23
You are a man after my own heart.
0 u/CobaltCore 12 Sep 2018 22:26
Well, it's time to look for an alternative. Or fork the current version at the very least. Let's hope some people are up for doing the latter.
0 u/notenoughstuff 13 Sep 2018 19:08
Would have liked it if the link was an archive, like archive.org or archive.is, such as not to give ad revenue for clicking.
0 u/viperguy 13 Sep 2018 19:35
FUCK THAT! Total Misinformation!
I surf with javascript off, and sometimes those archive sites ruin a web page completely unless I turn on Javascript EVEN for pages that work FINE without javascript.
Plus I see no ads right now with my javascript off for that link!
What do YOU SEE with javascript off OR on ? I see no fucking ads.
I see a tiny little thing on far bottom right that says "Sign up to our Newsletters", and thats hardly an advertisement.
Are you a troll who owns stock in an archive site? Maybe YOU are the ad @notenoughstuff ! You are advertising for other sites.
0 u/notenoughstuff 14 Sep 2018 00:10
Since when is the usage of archive sites controversial? I thought it was a common operating procedure for newspaper websites, including on /r/the_donald and I recall on /pol/.
I mean, there's even a bot posting an archive link here in this thread, see derram's comment.
But turning off Javascript is admittedly not a bad idea.
0 u/psimonster 14 Sep 2018 11:25
Nothing stops you from viewing the linked page through an archive site.
0 u/VideaVice 14 Sep 2018 04:31
Why they always obsess about stupid shit especially when it's pushed by dangerhair idiots?
0 u/psimonster 14 Sep 2018 11:28
Goodbye, NNTP library.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/nntplib.html#nntplib.NNTP.slave
0 u/SARALEON 14 Sep 2018 12:53
interested
0 u/Double_A_92 14 Sep 2018 14:28
I hate those people that have no idea of the technology, but then still come and demand ridiculous things that eventually waste everybodies time!
0 u/whambamthankyouham 02 Oct 2018 14:21
Offensive to whom?