I, for one, welcome our new Koala overlords. Thank you, Mr. Peyton-Koala, for this wonderful contribution to our community.
-- ryan 2009/4/1 Simon Peyton-Jones <simo...@microsoft.com>: > > Dear Haskell enthusiasts, > > Now that the logo issue finally has been settled, it is time to select > the proper Haskell mascot. As you are no doubt aware, Microsoft's > involvement in Haskell means that we have moved from avoiding success > at all cost to actively marketing the language, and any language > striving for success is entirely dependent on a cute and distinctive > mascot. Where would Perl be today without its camel? > > Since the recent logo discussion has demonstrated once and for all the > futility of attempting a democratic process in the Haskell community - > to be quite honest, the elected logo looks like an error message from an IBM > mainframe - I have decided to decide on a mascot myself. > > So I hereby declare the official Haskell mascot to be the koala, in > the form of the image attached below. Please ensure that this image > accompanies any material published on the web or on paper. > > Simon > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > Haskell@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > > _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell