Thank you, Stefan! Great to get that on the record. Plus, I love hearing projects’ origin stories.
Good luck in incubation! Julian > On Apr 10, 2025, at 5:59 PM, Stefan Krawczyk <stefan.krawc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
