Perhaps:
"Acero (aˈsɛɾo): *A* *c*ompute *e*ngine for Ar*ro*w" - Most similar to
Will's 3rd option, but enforces that it purposefully sounds like "ACE
Arrow" or something to that effect. Then, it's also easy to use a
shortened, canonical name--compute engine.
Optionally "C++" can be inserted ("A C++ compute...")
Aldrin Montana
Computer Science PhD Student
UC Santa Cruz
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 6:07 PM Will Jones <will.jones...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A relatively obscure name at least makes it easy to search for. I guess
> > we'll want to write a blog post to help get the name into search rankings
> > and officially 'introduce' what contributors have been up to?
>
>
> Yes. I think the name is very comparable to Gandiva in this respect.
>
> To Antoine’s point, we may wish to have a canonical way to refer to the
> engine when introducing it, both to help understanding meaning and
> pronunciation. Given the unique name, I think people shouldn't have too
> hard a time remembering the purpose once familiar. Here's my initial
> attempt at that (but I'm sure there are others who have a better
> description):
>
> “Apache Arrow Acero (aˈsɛɾo)” - provides association with Arrow, but not
> its purpose, so not great.
> "The Acero (aˈsɛɾo) Query Engine" - provides meaning, but not association
> with Arrow
> "Acero (aˈsɛɾo): A C++ Arrow-based modular query engine" - a tag line
> provides opportunity for mentioning Arrow and purpose. This seems to be
> what Gandiva went for in the original blog post [1].
>
> [1] https://arrow.apache.org/blog/2018/12/05/gandiva-donation/
>
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 16:37 David Li <lidav...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > I like Acero. A relatively obscure name at least makes it easy to search
> > for. I guess we'll want to write a blog post to help get the name into
> > search rankings and officially 'introduce' what contributors have been up
> > to?
> >
> > We could also come up with a backronym if we really want justification
> for
> > the name.
> >
> > On Thu, May 19, 2022, at 19:29, Sutou Kouhei wrote:
> > > I'm OK with "Acero".
> > >
> > > In <CAJPUwMDHAv=qqkjjwhmifkddwlt4i59v9heqtxuhggdnseu...@mail.gmail.com
> >
> > > "Re: [DISCUSS] "Naming" the Arrow C++ execution engine subproject?"
> > > on Thu, 19 May 2022 12:02:25 -0700,
> > > Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Any more thoughts about names? How should we decide? The “Acero” name
> > seems
> > >> like it does not generate any obvious conflicts.
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 12:14 PM Andy Grove <andygrov...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I like Acero too. I like it because (as a non-Spanish speaker, at
> > least) it
> > >>> has no obvious meaning or connotation and once the community starts
> to
> > use
> > >>> this name for the project, that is the meaning that it will come to
> > have.
> > >>> Just like Gandiva (a word I was not familiar with when I learned
> about
> > the
> > >>> project). I do strongly prefer names like this over acronyms because
> > it is
> > >>> easier for the meaning to change over time as well.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 12:50 PM Eduardo Ponce <edponc...@gmail.com>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> > As a Spanish speaking person, I cannot think of a misleading or bad
> > >>> > connotation for the word "acero". The word is generally used to
> > refer to
> > >>> > either steel materials (actual definition) or as a simile/metaphor
> > >>> > comparing to something very strong. We can view this as a self-laud
> > on
> > >>> the
> > >>> > robust and powerful functionality of the Arrow C++ compute engine.
> > >>> > In terms of rhyming "acero" and Arrow, it depends on your accent.
> For
> > >>> > example, I do not consider them to rhyme.
> > >>> > Also, I do not think we need to treat it as an acronym, it can
> > simply be
> > >>> a
> > >>> > name.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > ~Eduardo
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 2:29 PM Will Jones <
> will.jones...@gmail.com>
> > >>> > wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > > "Acero" has a nice ring to it. Almost as if you said "ACE Arrow"
> > really
> > >>> > > fast. And maybe the steel / iron meaning gives a sort of
> > close-to-metal
> > >>> > > vibes (similar to what Rust's name invokes), though I'm not a
> > Spanish
> > >>> > > speaker with a meaningful understanding of the words'
> connotations.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:06 AM Wes McKinney <
> wesmck...@gmail.com
> > >
> > >>> > wrote:
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > > A couple of other names derivative from the Ace- vibe:
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > Acero ("steel" or sometimes "sword" in Spanish but apparently
> > also
> > >>> > > > "maple" in Italian). Also rhymes with Arrow but not sure if
> this
> > is
> > >>> > > > good or bad
> > >>> > > > Acera ("pavement" or "sidewalk" in Spanish)
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 9:53 AM Will Jones <
> > will.jones...@gmail.com>
> > >>> > > > wrote:
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > I think it is important to give the C++ execution engine a
> > separate
> > >>> > > name,
> > >>> > > > > as has been said by Wes and Jacques. Two reason for that IMO:
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > 1. The more things we lend the Arrow brand outside of the
> > format,
> > >>> > the
> > >>> > > > > harder it becomes for outside users to grasp what "Arrow" is.
> > >>> > > > > 2. Giving the C++ engine a name under the Arrow umbrella
> > gives it
> > >>> > > undue
> > >>> > > > > weight relative to other Arrow-based engines (such as
> > DataFusion,
> > >>> > > > Polars),
> > >>> > > > > which may not generate good faith in the Arrow community.
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > If the "ACE" name has stuck, one option might be to simply
> > adopt
> > >>> the
> > >>> > > word
> > >>> > > > > "Ace" and call it the "Ace Query Engine". "Ace" both taking
> > meaning
> > >>> > > from
> > >>> > > > > the modern "a person who excels at some activity" or the
> > original
> > >>> > > > "playing
> > >>> > > > > card ... with a single pip" [1] (as an indication of
> > >>> > > single-noded-ness).
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > Antoine did point out the ACE name is taken by a C++ library.
> > The
> > >>> > "Ace"
> > >>> > > > > name is also used by the javascript library [2], but I think
> > is a
> > >>> > > general
> > >>> > > > > enough work that no single library has much specific claim to
> > it.
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > Some other names I thought of:
> > >>> > > > > Arrow Recurve
> > >>> > > > > Ace Archer
> > >>> > > > > Arrow Ricochet
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace
> > >>> > > > > [2] https://ace.c9.io/
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 12:44 AM Antoine Pitrou <
> > >>> anto...@python.org>
> > >>> > > > wrote:
> > >>> > > > >
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > Do we have to give it a particular name at all? Most of the
> > C++
> > >>> > > > > > subcomponents simply have a description ("the datasets
> > layer",
> > >>> > etc.).
> > >>> > > > > > There are probably more important topics to spend our time
> > on.
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > Regards
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > Antoine.
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > Le 09/05/2022 à 21:44, Ian Cook a écrit :
> > >>> > > > > > > Reflecting on this discussion six weeks after Wes’s
> initial
> > >>> > > message:
> > >>> > > > I
> > >>> > > > > > > like the “ACE” name. I have been using it to refer to the
> > Arrow
> > >>> > C++
> > >>> > > > > > > execution engine in verbal conversations with
> > contributors, and
> > >>> > it
> > >>> > > > has
> > >>> > > > > > > been a much-needed convenient monosyllabic shorthand for
> a
> > part
> > >>> > of
> > >>> > > > the
> > >>> > > > > > > Arrow project that has not previously had a clear and
> > memorable
> > >>> > > name.
> > >>> > > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > > I agree with Sasha that it would be ideal to use some
> > >>> > metaphorical
> > >>> > > or
> > >>> > > > > > > symbolic Archery-adjacent name prefaced with “Arrow,” but
> > no
> > >>> such
> > >>> > > > name
> > >>> > > > > > > has evolved organically to date. And it’s not for lack of
> > >>> > trying—a
> > >>> > > > few
> > >>> > > > > > > months back I floated the idea to some people that we
> > should
> > >>> call
> > >>> > > it
> > >>> > > > > > > “Chiron” after the centaur from Greek mythology
> associated
> > with
> > >>> > > > > > > archery, but it never caught on :) Since there is no
> clear
> > >>> > > consensus
> > >>> > > > > > > about which such creative name we might invent now, I
> think
> > >>> > > adopting
> > >>> > > > a
> > >>> > > > > > > creative name would require strong advocacy and
> > >>> > consensus-building
> > >>> > > > > > > work from someone central to the project, and this has
> not
> > >>> > emerged.
> > >>> > > > > > > Thus, a more literal descriptive name seems like our best
> > >>> choice.
> > >>> > > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > > If we do go with “ACE” as the acronym, then we will need
> to
> > >>> > > establish
> > >>> > > > > > > what that stands for. If we make the full name clear to
> the
> > >>> > > community
> > >>> > > > > > > and we use it alongside the acronym on the website, that
> > should
> > >>> > > help
> > >>> > > > > > > with problems of Googlability of the acronym.
> > >>> > > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > > That raises the question of what the “C” stands for. I
> > agree
> > >>> with
> > >>> > > > > > > Jacques that it is less than ideal to have the “C” stand
> > for
> > >>> > > > “Compute”
> > >>> > > > > > > because it could create a misleading and undesirable
> > >>> connotation
> > >>> > of
> > >>> > > > > > > primacy. I also agree with Andy that it is less than
> ideal
> > for
> > >>> > the
> > >>> > > > “C”
> > >>> > > > > > > to stand for “C++” because it is intended to be used from
> > other
> > >>> > > > > > > languages. I am unsure how we should weigh these two
> > concerns.
> > >>> > More
> > >>> > > > > > > input on this question would be appreciated.
> > >>> > > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > > Ian
> > >>> > > > > > >
> > >>> > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 5:31 PM Jacques Nadeau <
> > >>> > jacq...@apache.org
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > > > wrote:
> > >>> > > > > > >>
> > >>> > > > > > >> I'm -0.9 on Arrow Compute engine. It makes it sound like
> > it is
> > >>> > THE
> > >>> > > > > > >> canonical Arrow one, second classing Datafusion and
> > Gandiva.
> > >>> > > > > > >>
> > >>> > > > > > >> No strong feelings on other names. Naming in general is
> an
> > >>> > > extremely
> > >>> > > > > > >> subjective process...
> > >>> > > > > > >>
> > >>> > > > > > >>
> > >>> > > > > > >>
> > >>> > > > > > >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022, 2:33 PM Weston Pace <
> > >>> > weston.p...@gmail.com>
> > >>> > > > > > wrote:
> > >>> > > > > > >>
> > >>> > > > > > >>> I'm +1 for "arrow compute engine". In the docs we
> > currently
> > >>> > > refer
> > >>> > > > to
> > >>> > > > > > >>> it as the "streaming execution engine". I do like the
> > word
> > >>> > > > > > >>> "streaming" as it is the difference between the engine
> > and
> > >>> the
> > >>> > > > general
> > >>> > > > > > >>> "compute" module but the word is also overloaded and we
> > can
> > >>> > > easily
> > >>> > > > > > >>> include the word "streaming" in the first sentence of
> > >>> whatever
> > >>> > > > > > >>> description we have for the engine.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> I'd personally like to see such a word for the query
> > engine
> > >>> > > > (otherwise
> > >>> > > > > > >>> we'd
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> have to call Arrow Flight "Arrow Wire Protocol" 😅).
> > Even
> > >>> > > > something
> > >>> > > > > > like
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> "Arrow Archer" or "Arrow Bow" would be sufficient for
> > me.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>> I do like the idea of calling it just "bow" and I'm not
> > >>> against
> > >>> > > > either
> > >>> > > > > > >>> of these names (+0). I think I still lean towards
> > something
> > >>> > more
> > >>> > > > > > >>> plain and descriptive (arrow wire protocol has a nice
> > ring to
> > >>> > > > it...)
> > >>> > > > > > >>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:10 AM Sasha Krassovsky
> > >>> > > > > > >>> <krassovskysa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> In my view, the Arrow project has the core format
> > >>> > specification
> > >>> > > > > > (called
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> Arrow), and then ancillary libraries for actually
> > *doing*
> > >>> > stuff
> > >>> > > > with
> > >>> > > > > > >>> Arrow
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> data, such as Arrow Flight and the query engine
> (within
> > the
> > >>> > > > `arrow`
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> subdirectory in particular). I think these ancillary
> > >>> libraries
> > >>> > > > should
> > >>> > > > > > all
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> follow a similar naming convention. Seems like the
> > precedent
> > >>> > set
> > >>> > > > by
> > >>> > > > > > Arrow
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> Flight is "Arrow <mildly archery-related, descriptive
> > >>> word>",
> > >>> > so
> > >>> > > > I'd
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> personally like to see such a word for the query
> engine
> > >>> > > (otherwise
> > >>> > > > > > we'd
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> have to call Arrow Flight "Arrow Wire Protocol" 😅).
> > Even
> > >>> > > > something
> > >>> > > > > > like
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> "Arrow Archer" or "Arrow Bow" would be sufficient for
> > me.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> Sasha Krassovsky
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:25 AM Gavin Ray <
> > >>> > > ray.gavi...@gmail.com>
> > >>> > > > > > wrote:
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> "Arrow Compute Engine" sounds quite nice to me, tbh
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> Agreeing with the points made above about ACE being
> > >>> difficult
> > >>> > > to
> > >>> > > > > > >>> google,
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> and AQE being a loaded term in query engines already.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 10:07 AM Andy Grove <
> > >>> > > > andygrov...@gmail.com>
> > >>> > > > > > >>> wrote:
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> Just my 2 cents on this. If you were to call it
> ACE, I
> > >>> would
> > >>> > > > make
> > >>> > > > > > >>> the C
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> stand for "Compute" rather than C++ since it is
> > intended
> > >>> to
> > >>> > be
> > >>> > > > used
> > >>> > > > > > >>> from
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> other languages, such as Python.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> The problem with ACE is that is a common word and it
> > will
> > >>> > make
> > >>> > > > it
> > >>> > > > > > >>> hard to
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> Google for documentation. Even the combination of
> > Arrow
> > >>> and
> > >>> > > ACE
> > >>> > > > > > >>> already
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> has
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> plenty of results.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> Also, I saw in the linked doc a reference to AQE
> (for
> > >>> Arrow
> > >>> > > > Query
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> Engine).
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> I would not recommend using this since many people
> > know
> > >>> AQE
> > >>> > as
> > >>> > > > > > >>> Adaptive
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> Query Execution (especially Spark users).
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> "Arrow Compute Engine" in full doesn't sound bad
> > perhaps?
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> With DataFusion, I made a list of words related to
> the
> > >>> > project
> > >>> > > > > > (data,
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> query, compute, engine, etc) and then a list of
> > completely
> > >>> > > > unrelated
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> words
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> and then looked at the combinations to see what
> > sounded
> > >>> good
> > >>> > > to
> > >>> > > > me.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> Andy.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 4:31 PM Antoine Pitrou <
> > >>> > > > anto...@python.org>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>> ACE is already the name of a well-known C++
> library,
> > >>> though
> > >>> > > > I'm not
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> sure
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>> how widely used it is nowadays :
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>> http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>> I would name it "execution engine" or "Arrow C++
> > >>> execution
> > >>> > > > engine"
> > >>> > > > > > >>> in
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>> full.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>> Regards
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>> Antoine.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>> Le 29/03/2022 à 00:15, Wes McKinney a écrit :
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> hi all,
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> There has been a steady stream of work over the
> last
> > >>> year
> > >>> > > and
> > >>> > > > a
> > >>> > > > > > >>> half
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> or so to create a set of query engine building
> > blocks in
> > >>> > C++
> > >>> > > > to
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> evaluate queries against Arrow Datasets and input
> > >>> streams,
> > >>> > > > which
> > >>> > > > > > >>> can
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> be of use to applications that are already
> building
> > on
> > >>> top
> > >>> > > of
> > >>> > > > the
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> Arrow C++ project. This effort has a smaller
> surface
> > >>> area
> > >>> > > than
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> DataFusion since SQL parsing and query
> optimization
> > are
> > >>> > > being
> > >>> > > > > > >>> left to
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> other tools.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> I thought it would be useful to have a name for
> this
> > >>> > > > subproject
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> similar to how we have Gandiva, Plasma,
> DataFusion,
> > and
> > >>> > > other
> > >>> > > > > > >>> named
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> Apache Arrow subprojects. We had discussed
> creating
> > a
> > >>> > > project
> > >>> > > > > > >>> like
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> this a few years ago [1], but since there are now
> > >>> multiple
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> Arrow-native or Arrow-compatible query engines in
> > the
> > >>> > wild,
> > >>> > > it
> > >>> > > > > > >>> would
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> be helpful to disambiguate.
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> One simple name is ACE — Arrow C++ Engine. I'm not
> > very
> > >>> > good
> > >>> > > > at
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>> naming
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> things, so if there are other suggestions from the
> > >>> > > community I
> > >>> > > > > > >>> would
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> love to hear them!
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> Thanks,
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> Wes
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>> [1]:
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >>> > > > > > >>>
> > >>> > > > > >
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> >
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> > >>> > > > > > >>>>>>>
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> > >>> > > > > > >>>
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> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > >
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