Fair question! Hamilton was named from the confluence of three things: - the team it was originally built for was the F.E.D. (forecasting estimation and demand team) --> Alexander Hamilton created the Federal reserve, or "FED" for short. - the team was modeling the world, i.e. the business -> Hamiltonian concepts there in physics. - we're doing some graph theory -> Hamiltonian concepts in graph theory. Q.E.D. Hamilton 😆. Since then, I have also learned there was a Hamilton at NASA on software correctness, and there is Lewis Hamilton the F1 driver who wins via consistent lap/iteration speed, both of which would also fit the project's goals 😂 ...
Hamilton can't do everything, so we created another framework to handle the things it can't do. We weren't sure whether it was a competitor or complement. So we went with the tongue-and-cheek name of Burr. A few more details here <https://github.com/dagworks-inc/burr?tab=readme-ov-file#-why-the-name-burr>, but we seen them working harmoniously together rather than head on competing. It also happens to be a good way to remember the projects (if you know your American history). HTH. Cheers, Stefan On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM Julian Hyde <jhyde.apa...@gmail.com> wrote: > It doesn’t affect their entry into the Incubator, but I am curious what > motivated the names ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Burr’. > > Especially when our history books and broadway musicals tell us that the > one murdered the other. :) > > Julian > > > > On Apr 10, 2025, at 7:09 AM, PJ Fanning <fannin...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > I'd like to formally begin the discussion about accepting Burr > > into the Apache Incubator. The proposal is: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/BurrProposal > > > > Related Thread: > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/8hxxv7y2z3p06jxm3mnp8o5qgoz4r3t3 > > > > The vote to accept the related podling, Apache Hamilton has passed. > > > > Thanks, > > PJ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
