RFC: Conscious language in the Binutils

Alan Modra amodra@gmail.com
Wed Nov 11 00:41:37 GMT 2020


On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:17:25AM +0000, Gary Benson via Binutils wrote:
> Eradicating problematic language isn't simply some internal Red Hat
> policy, it's something that's happening all over the world, in free
> software, nonfree software, tech, non-tech... everywhere.

Yes, and half the world views the language police with deep
suspicion.

> Seriously, does anybody have any actual concrete reasons to object to
> this change?

I do.  You need to broaden your perspective a little if you think no
one could possibly object to this change.

Alan


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