• Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Because this whole discussion is fucking stupid. There was no good reason for a change.

    • SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      I like the actual look of the word “main” more than I do the word “master”. I think it’s because it looks like a neat semi-circle

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      2 months ago

      It’s shorter. Also “master” is especially egregious as as it requires the last 5 letters to be typed with the same hand, while “main” makes better use of bimanual parallelism.

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      2 months ago

      The good reason was that it bothered some people. “Main” is two fewer letters, so it’s even more convenient to type. So what’s the problem?