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>Don Timmerman, dtimmerman -at- anl -dot- gov wrote:
>
>>Why? The use of master and slave as quoted below fits the definitions
>>provided by my 1993 Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth
>>edition.
Larry Weber <larry_weber -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM> wrote:
>Simple. Our users might go into convulsions after reading a word
>reminiscent of 19th century labor practices.
>
>Larry
>
>let the flames begin...
No flames here. I must agree that sensitivity should guide us in these
matters. The language is happily huge enough to provide plenty of
less-loaded language. (I even flinch at the "slave cylinder" in my shop
manual.)
-hil
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