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Re: naming convention

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On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:09:24 PM UTC-7, markspace wrote:
> On 10/19/2011 3:19 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> 
> > There are basically two types: read only and read-modify.
> >
> > It should be a design pattern.
> 
> 
> I can't think of any design patterns for "read a bunch a files." 
> However, what you're doing, with some additions or modifications, sounds 
> suspiciously similar to map-reduce.  You might want to take a look at 
> that to see if your use model could be adapted to fit the map reduce 
> pattern.
> 
> It's not officially a design pattern, but it comes up often enough where 
> I think perhaps it should be, at least for some specialized forms of 
> processing data.
> 
> <http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.20.2/mapred_tutorial.html>

What makes something "officially" a design pattern?  Is there a Design Pattern Agency that issues official a DPA Seal of Approval?

If it's a pattern, and it is at the design level, isn't it perforce a design pattern, "officially" or not notwithstanding?

-- 
Lew

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naming convention Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-19 15:19 -0700
  Re: naming convention Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-19 15:40 -0700
  Re: naming convention markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-19 16:09 -0700
    Re: naming convention Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-19 18:53 -0700
      Re: naming convention markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-19 19:30 -0700
        Re: naming convention Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-10-20 06:42 -0300
      Re: naming convention Travers Naran <tnaran@gmail.com> - 2011-10-20 07:23 -0700
      Re: naming convention Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-10-20 20:42 +0100

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