From: "David A. Black" Date: 2008-08-22T20:41:24+09:00 Subject: Re: A Mascot... Hi -- On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, David Masover wrote: > On Thursday 21 August 2008 15:56:14 Matt Harrison wrote: > >> A mascot for a grown-up programming language has a version which is nude??? > > *gasp* Nudity! That could never be art... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_milo > > Or a logo... > > http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid Starbucks isn't my role model as a Rubyist (or in any other respect). > At least ruby-chan has red hair! And she looks pretty -- Ruby is also about > beautiful code. Could be argued that it's about sexy code, but I'll say no > more about that. A human female is not an appropriate choice for a "mascot." Here's what I wrote about it more than seven years ago, when this alarming suggestion first reared its head: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/14209 David -- Rails training from David A. Black and Ruby Power and Light: Intro to Ruby on Rails January 12-15 Fort Lauderdale, FL Advancing with Rails January 19-22 Fort Lauderdale, FL See http://www.rubypal.com for details and updates!