From: Avdi Grimm <avdi@...>
Date: 2008-08-23T02:30:11+09:00
Subject: Re: A Mascot...

From my point of view the ruby-mascot discussion is moot, because it's
too late.  Perl got its camel (from the "Camel Book") in 1991.  (Or
maybe it already had the camel before the book, I'm not sure).  Python
has had... well, a Python since basically its inception.  BSD's daemon
originated in 1976(!).  Linux has had Tux since 1996.

Ruby has been around since the mid 90s and still has no
widely-recognized mascot.  At this point I think it's a little late to
be trying to "backport" in a mascot.  It would just feel forced and
artificial.

However, if some folks feel we absolutely *must* have a mascot, I
nominate a nice thick slice of chunky bacon.


Avdi

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