[Mimedefang] OT: Slaves

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Fri Feb 16 12:13:07 EST 2007


Adam Lanier wrote:

> I believe Lotus adopted (many years ago) the nomenclature
> 'superior/subordinate' but 'parent/child' or 'process/sub-process' would
> be reasonably appropriate in this context.

I prefer accuracy over appropriateness.  parent/child and process/subprocess
do not really describe what is going on.  superior/subordinate is closer, but
still not precise.  Sorry, I'm not fond of political correctness...

Regards,

David.



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