On 2020-07-09 10:57:14 -0500 (-0500), Ghanshyam Mann wrote: [...]
I always have hard time to understand the definition of 'outdated naming conventions' are they outdated from coding language perspective or outdated as English language perspective? [...]
It's a recently popular euphemism for words which make people uncomfortable. Unfortunately, rather than addressing the problem head on and admitting that's the primary driver for the change, it has become preferable to pretend that's not the impetus for wholesale replacements of established terminology (often in an attempt to avoid heated debate over the value of such changes). Don't get me wrong, I think it's entirely reasonable to replace words or phrases which make people uncomfortable, and in many cases it's an opportunity to improve our terminology by using words which have direct meaning rather than relying on computer science jargon based on idiom and loose analogy. Even if this comes at the cost of some engineering effort, it can be a long-term improvement. But let's not kid ourselves, we're replacing words because they're deemed offensive. It's disingenuous, even potentially insulting, to imply otherwise. -- Jeremy Stanley