From: vincent.diemunsch@gmail.com
Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:22:54 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2014-11-15T01:22:54-08:00 [thread overview]
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On Friday, November 14, 2014 5:37:17 AM UTC+1, David Botton wrote:
> This owl picture I think sums up my idea of a base for an Ada Mascot
>
> http://devpress.com/demo/quiescent/files/2012/08/owl-50267-1200x900.jpg
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> Powerful, sleek, precise. Every aspect of the owl is engineered.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> David Botton
Hello David, hello all Ada enthousiasts,
For an Ada mascot, I like the idea of a bird, for the same kind of reasons you gave. But as others said, the owl sounds quite a nasty and disturbing bird, even if the ancient greeks took them for
a symbol of wisdom : "their eyes are directed forward like those of human beings" and "Most of them utter a hooting cry like a groan, and as they inhabit ruins, they sound as though mourning over the devastation, and hence symbolize in the Bible destruction and desolation"...
Therefore, even if the owl is tempting, a mascot related to "Destruction and Desolation" is not possible for Ada which is already associated with DoD and fighter...
I don't really like the Aardvark, sort of pig which lives from bugs. Sounds geek, clumsy, harmless but dirty... Definitely Not Ada (or maybe for Ada 95 perhaps.... :-) ).
My proposal : a small, nice, gentle, little bird called ... Ada in French !!!
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(oiseau)
It is light, swift, nice, harmless, precise, poetic.
Light : because Ada, as Ichbiah said, must stay a simple langage, with fast and inexpensive compilers, enabling cost effective developments.
Swift : because it must have good runtime performances.
Nice : necessary for a Mascot !
Harmless : not related to war.
Precise : it's a bird, not a pig.
Poetic : Ada was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet. A small bird is a poetic character : it relates to freedom and art.
It is also GREEN (in the sense of environment friendly) for it is a real bird !
And finally the image of a bird for a programming langage is fashionable : Apple has taken a bird for the logo of it's new langage : Swift : https://developer.apple.com/swift/
Now I let someone gifted in drawing, create a logo and submit it for the contest
Kind regards,
Vincent
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2014-11-14 4:37 The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot David Botton
2014-11-14 5:09 ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-14 5:31 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 5:40 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 8:55 ` Gour
2014-11-15 17:19 ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-15 17:21 ` Niklas Holsti
2014-11-14 5:15 ` Hubert
2014-11-14 15:00 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 15:26 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 16:10 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 6:04 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14 9:35 ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-14 10:24 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 10:51 ` What makes a good mascot? Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-14 10:54 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 10:56 ` Orca
2014-11-14 12:24 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 14:14 ` G.B.
2014-11-14 16:08 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 17:52 ` jm.tarrasa
2014-11-14 18:40 ` Björn Lundin
2014-11-15 8:43 ` Mart van de Wege
2014-11-15 16:30 ` Shark8
2014-11-14 16:08 ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 16:10 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-15 23:22 ` Lucretia
2014-11-16 0:42 ` David Botton
2014-11-16 2:49 ` David Botton
2014-11-16 18:59 ` AdaMagica
2014-11-16 19:07 ` David Botton
2014-11-16 19:15 ` What makes a good mascot? Simon Wright
2014-11-16 19:40 ` David Botton
2014-11-17 13:13 ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) AdaMagica
2014-11-17 14:25 ` G.B.
2014-11-17 14:56 ` David Botton
2014-11-17 15:11 ` AdaMagica
2014-11-17 15:14 ` David Botton
2014-11-17 15:29 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-17 15:46 ` AdaMagica
2014-11-17 16:50 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-18 1:04 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-21 11:12 ` AdaMagica
2014-11-17 16:09 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-17 17:49 ` Peter Chapin
2014-11-17 17:56 ` David Botton
2014-11-17 17:57 ` What makes a good mascot? Simon Wright
2014-11-24 11:36 ` nospamthanks
2014-11-24 17:18 ` Simon Wright
2014-11-14 18:53 ` What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14 19:13 ` David Botton
2014-11-14 20:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-14 21:41 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-15 0:01 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-15 12:09 ` Brian Drummond
2014-11-14 15:00 ` The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot Luke A. Guest
2014-11-14 15:49 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-14 17:15 ` Brad Moore
2014-11-14 19:40 ` Brad Moore
2014-11-14 22:57 ` Qun-Ying
2014-11-14 23:57 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-14 19:22 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-14 16:46 ` Jonathan
2014-11-15 13:49 ` Mart van de Wege
2014-11-15 16:34 ` Shark8
2014-11-14 22:24 ` rriehle
2014-11-16 0:41 ` David Botton
2014-11-15 9:22 ` vincent.diemunsch [this message]
2014-11-15 9:36 ` Gour
2014-11-15 9:36 ` vincent.diemunsch
2014-11-16 2:46 ` David Botton
2014-11-15 18:19 ` Jonathan
2014-11-16 23:09 ` Bruce Hennessy
2014-11-16 23:52 ` Luke A. Guest
2014-11-17 13:49 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2014-11-17 1:07 ` Simon Clubley
2014-11-17 1:19 ` David Botton
2014-11-17 9:24 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2014-11-17 12:27 ` Brian Drummond
2014-11-19 19:30 ` johannes falcone
2014-11-19 19:51 ` David Botton
2014-11-19 23:27 ` Jeffrey Carter
2014-11-21 19:00 ` sbelmont700
2014-11-21 19:20 ` David Botton
2014-11-21 23:02 ` Björn Lundin
2014-12-05 14:49 ` David Botton
2014-12-05 19:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2014-11-22 10:02 ` Natasha Kerensikova
2014-11-22 12:36 ` Jerry van Dijk
2014-11-22 18:59 ` AdaMagica
2014-11-23 9:10 ` Simon Clubley
2014-12-01 19:11 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2014-12-01 19:14 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2014-12-02 6:00 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-11-28 0:34 ` David Pereira
2014-11-28 16:16 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
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