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This is super awesome! Although it's slightly frustrating how closely named it is to the Amazon Athena[1] service. Which also is a SQL-based analytics service,
by cosmie 9y ago
This is super awesome!
Although it's slightly frustrating how closely named it is to the Amazon Athena[1] service. Which also is a SQL-based analytics service, but quite a bit different than Uber's project.
[1]https://aws.amazon.com/athena/ https://aws.amazon.com/athena/
- haohui 9y agoAgree :-) Proposals on names are always welcomed.
- dsnuh 9y agoWhat about River? Looks like there is an R package and an abandoned Apache project that use the name, but maybe not that confusing given context.
- frankmcsherry 9y agoIt's a stream processing language: http://hirzels.com/martin/papers/spe16-river.pdf http://hirzels.com/martin/papers/spe16-river.pdf
- dsnuh 9y agoOkay... Tribute Tributary Brook Flow Rapid Affluent Alluvial Aquaduct Niagara Iguaza Aquifer Flood Flashflood Headwater Tailwater Lotic Hydro Meander Outfall Spillway Watershed Weir
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- adambard 9y agoAthena's approximate Roman analogue is Minerva. Doesn't appear to be used by anything in this space.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoWasn't Athena also a name used for X-Window widgets? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Athena_Widgets https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Athena_Widgets When I saw the name AthenaX, well, I thought it just had to be related to X. I guess I'm old.