Re: Replacing "master" and "slave" terminology

[Evelyn Lee Barney <evbarney -at- comcast -dot- net>]

Oh sigh -- it's been pointed out to me by a couple of you that in OOP, 
parent/child is a relationship of inheritance, and not hierarchy.  
Another bubble burst.

Ev


Evelyn Lee Barney wrote:
> Paul,
>
> I have to say this is the only alternative I've heard that I thought 
> worked.  Like others on this list, I felt stuck with master/slave for 
> clarity reasons.  However, as parent/child is a common term in 
> object-oriented programming, I bet this could catch on easily enough.
>
> Ev
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