From: "W. Kent Starr" <elderburn@...>
Date: 2001-04-25T14:42:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14193] Re: Ruby mascot proposal

On Tuesday 24 April 2001 23:02, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "[ruby-talk:14148] Re: Ruby mascot proposal"
>
>     on 01/04/24, Stephen White <spwhite@chariot.net.au> writes:
> |> I think we need a pair of *human* mascots: a wizard and a sorceress
> |
> |I like the human idea... "Ruby: Programmers' best friend" to show it's
> |really human, how about showing typical programmers?
>
> No, Ruby is programmers' friend, not a programmer, although she
> sometimes creates programs. ;-)
>
> I really like the female mascot on the page, but it might not be
> suitable for *official* mascot of the language.
>
> 							matz.


Well, it may not be 'politically correct' in the USA, but IMO who cares!?

Personally, I think a sorceress with a magic ruby ensconced staff is a 
dynamite idea (ty Conrad).

A sorta 'sexy' little sorceress is alluring, attracting, and she casts 'her' 
magic spell and you're caught forever. She promise 'power', 'paradise', 
'reawakening', 'enlightenment' and 'new experiences' which 'expand' and 
'enhance'.

I'm not sure about Japanese mythology, but I would be willing to bet there 
are close similarities to the 'powerful and mysterious' females that thread 
throughout the mythology of the west.

We males contribute in passing to the continuance of life; it is the females, 
however, who are the foundation of it.

The 'Mysteries of the West' are firmly formed in the female mold (ditto much 
of the forms of African mythology) and, I strongly suspect, that of the East 
(please enlighten me).

As a consequence, a female sorcerer is a very appealing concept for 
representing Ruby, for, is the language itself not alluring, attracting and 
somewhat 'magic'?

Besides, Ruby is a girl's name (if you rule out, in the US, Jack) :-)

Regards,

Kent Starr
elderburn@mindspring.com