Replacing "master" and "slave" terminology

[Evelyn Lee Barney]

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

Paul Hanson wrote:
> This discussion came up recently around here. The designer of some new functionality in our system replaced "master/slave" with "parent/child." No objections so far have come to my attention. That said, if master/slave is suitable for your audience, use that phrase.
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> Paul Hanson
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