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 10.182.230.200 with SMTP id ta8mr5802628obc.11.1416596404395; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:00:04 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.101.227 with SMTP id u90mr34930qge.18.1416596404369; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:00:04 -0800 (PST) Path: border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!h15no5179920igd.0!news-out.google.com!w7ni319qay.0!nntp.google.com!s7no931652qap.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:00:04 -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=206.53.78.59; posting-account=ShYTIAoAAABytvcS76ZrG9GdaV-nXYKy NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.53.78.59 References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot From: sbelmont700@gmail.com Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:00:04 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:190917 Date: 2014-11-21T11:00:04-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:37:17 PM UTC-5, David Botton wrote: >=20 > Thoughts? >=20 Call me a pessimist, but any animal would be a bad representation for Ada; = they evolve, much like C programs, over the course of many years by hasty a= nd unplanned enhancements, included in a reactionary and haphazard manner b= ased solely on what caused the previous one to fail. I think a much better "mascot" would be a cathedral, or some form Gothic ar= chitecture. Designed to be beautiful, functional, and geometrically perfec= t from the get-go, plus last forever and never fall apart. Not to mention,= a couple pointed arches separated by a flying buttress already practically= spells Ada... If only I had some art skills :-( -sb