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Re:Bastion – A Highly-Available Distributed Fault-Tolerant R... by ibraheemdev on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:15PM (#26308510)
Bastion means "a well-fortified position." I think this is meant to highlight the fault-toleranceness of the runtime.
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Re:Bastion – A Highly-Available Distributed Fault-Tolerant R... by andrewflnr on Monday March 01, 2021 @07:45PM (#26310533)
But if it's an Erlang-style system, it gets its resilience by acting less like a solid fortress and more like a guerilla force that melts away when you attack it. :D So I'd still have to say Bastion is an odd name.
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