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What’s in a name? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"child" seems to be enough. short and concise.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

“Slave” works too.

[–] 2deck@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

child-1 just in case

[–] dyc3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah leave em wondering what happened to child-0

[–] wieson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Error in line 1: You can't use a reserved symbol in a variable name.