From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.155.166 with SMTP id vx6mr19266936pab.18.1416043374589; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:22:54 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.92.140 with SMTP id b12mr329qge.14.1416043374324; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:22:54 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!h15no558609igd.0!news-out.google.com!m4ni191qag.1!nntp.google.com!i13no1796376qae.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:22:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=87.91.37.131; posting-account=hya6vwoAAADTA0O27Aq3u6Su3lQKpSMz NNTP-Posting-Host: 87.91.37.131 References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <952e6748-144d-446d-be26-3cda1d4598e5@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot From: vincent.diemunsch@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 09:22:54 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:190661 Date: 2014-11-15T01:22:54-08:00 List-Id: 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 >=20 > http://devpress.com/demo/quiescent/files/2012/08/owl-50267-1200x900.jpg >=20 > Powerful, sleek, precise. Every aspect of the owl is engineered. >=20 > Thoughts? >=20 > 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 b= ird, even if the ancient greeks took them for a symbol of wisdom : "their eyes are directed forward like those of human b= eings" and "Most of them utter a hooting cry like a groan, and as they inha= bit ruins, they sound as though mourning over the devastation, and hence sy= mbolize in the Bible destruction and desolation"... Therefore, even if the owl is tempting, a mascot related to "Destruction an= d 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 9= 5 perhaps.... :-) ). My proposal : a small, nice, gentle, little bird called ... Ada in French != !!=20 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.=20 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 poet= ic character : it relates to freedom and art. It is also GREEN (in the sense of environment friendly) for it is a real bi= rd ! =20 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 co= ntest Kind regards, Vincent=20