Cluster was my first thought for a name, but when I did a search to see what modules already existed (bot in case someone had already written a generic cluster module saving me the bother of starting a new one, and to see what types of cluster had cluster-specific modules written for them) the word cluster came up in a large number of contexts. An tightly connected group of "things" is a cluster (e.g. nodes in a graph) - so I didn't think that the simple name would be clear enough. The name Cluster leaves the reader with the immediate question "Cluster of what?".
John Macdonald Software Engineer Ontario Institute for Cancer Research MaRS Centre 661 University Avenue Suite 510 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 0A3 Tel: Email: john.macdon...@oicr.on.ca Toll-free: 1-866-678-6427 Twitter: @OICR_news www.oicr.on.ca This message and any attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by anyone other than the person for whom it was originally intended is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Opinions, conclusions or other information contained in this message may not be that of the organization. ________________________________________ From: James E Keenan [jk...@verizon.net] Sent: September 5, 2014 7:25 AM To: module-authors@perl.org Subject: Re: Top level name proposal - ComputeCluster On 09/04/2014 10:23 AM, John Macdonald wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to get general comment/concensus about a top level name that I > am proposing. > > I'm starting to organize a set of modules for managing jobs on a > computer cluster. I intend it to work much like DBI - with a top level > abstract interface that programs can use, actually implemented by > drivers that translate the common interface into the interface used by > the particular type of compute cluster that is being accessed. > Initially, I will provide a driver for SGE, since that is what we have > and use in our lab (but after I have that running, my PI can get me > access to a couple of other type of compute cluster to add some more. > > For naming, I am planning to use: > > ComputeCluster - top level name > - will provide switching functions to create a class of object > for a particular cluster type > Could that be shortened to simply: Cluster ?
