On 24-Jul-20 15:45, Joe Touch wrote:
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>> On Jul 23, 2020, at 7:34 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> "Master" on its own is here to stay, anyway; in some contexts the proposed alternatives (like "main") simply don't work.
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> I have no idea why you could claim one works and the other does not.
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> Master of what?
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> There may be better alternatives, such as canonical.
"Canonical" applies in some circumstances but not always. You can sometimes use a
complicated formulation like "Authoritative server". But if you need to convey that
the entity in question gives instructions to other entities, any word you choose
will be synonymous with "master".
> But “master” isn’t a unicorn word.
It's very common word with multiple meanings and applications.
Brian
