Node.js Cluster API: Remove API References to Suicide

Posted by BinaryIdiot on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:36PM
from the github.com dept.

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Re:Node.js Cluster API: Remove API References to Suicide by Akujin on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:58PM (#14555615)

This reminds me of the terminology surrounding IDE cables (master/slave versus primary/secondary).

Then again kill is a command built into every operating system.

Even Windows has taskkill.

At some point you have to ask. Are people just too sensitive?

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Re:Node.js Cluster API: Remove API References to Suicide by kcdev on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:59PM (#14555622)

The contributor notes that the term "suicide" is technically not appropriate; he also calls it offensive.

If it is technically not the correct term, then change/remove it. But when did the term become offensive?

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