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[scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
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Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Philip Köster < philip.koester@...> wrote:
>> Well, you're off my Christmas list, permanently! ;-)
>
> Now that I saw other pictures of this great and glorious dog, I must correct
> my first impression---the English Springer Spaniel is not all that ugly.
That's more like it ;-)
Cheers,
Miles
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Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.
The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.
The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
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Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
Not sure what Archer would say about this :) On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Jorge Ortiz <jorge.ortiz@...> wrote:
May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.
The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.
The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
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Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
I stand by the Swiss dog. So it's not the smartest, the Haskell dog
may do fancier tricks. But the big dog will eat the small dog every
time, and any of the above animals, too (the tapir may take some time
though). The scenery is right, it can guard the EPFL even. It's
contemplative and runs in the mountains, just like programmers who go
hiking. It saves people! It brings them liquor (joy), too! Now, as
if I need to emphasize it, Scala is Swiss. (Not English terrier, or
exotic lemurs or tapirs.) It's neutral, precise as, like, a Swiss
watch, and sweet like chocolate. It will make you rich and happy and
will keep you company and give you puppies!
Cheers,
Alexy
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Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
All,
there is one thing dogs have in common with language compilers:
- when carefully 'tuned' they (almost) do what you expect them to do
why not switching to a cat mascot?
- the perfect excuse for a compiler sometimes not behaving the way you expect it to behave
Luc
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Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Luc Duponcheel
< luc.duponcheel@...> wrote:
> why not switching to a cat mascot?
If they'd make Great Swiss Mountain Cats, or even Great Swiss Snow
Leopards, I'd jump on it. The dog is the next best thing!
Cheers,
Alexy
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Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
These dogs are binary incompatible, poor things.
2009/10/20 Alexy Khrabrov < deliverable@...>:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Luc Duponcheel
> < luc.duponcheel@...> wrote:
>> why not switching to a cat mascot?
>
> If they'd make Great Swiss Mountain Cats, or even Great Swiss Snow
> Leopards, I'd jump on it. The dog is the next best thing!
> Cheers,
> Alexy
>
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[scala] Re: [scala-user] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
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Re: [scala] Re: [scala-user] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
2009/10/20 Viktor Klang < viktor.klang@...>:
> What about a Gargoyle? (
> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>
> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
> It's static ( survives for centuries )
> It's functional (it wards off evil)
> It's very much an object
>
> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings
It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!
+1 on the gargoyle
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Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
I'm from Brazil, and indeed, 'anta' isn't a good
nickname around here ;P
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater
Swiss Mountain Dog!
Sure, that would be mostly restricted to Brazil, but I have a vested
interest in the popularity of Scala in Brazil. :-)
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Jorge Ortiz <jorge.ortiz@...>
wrote:
May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the
Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's
Programming Scala.
The
animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir
(Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white
hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet
long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species.
It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.
The Malayan
tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black,
and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides
perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical
characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible
snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a
fast runner.
The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It
tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams
large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and
communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are
tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat
destruction and overhunting.
-- Daniel C. Sobral Something I learned in academia:
there are three kinds of academic reviews: review by name, review by reference
and review by value.
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[scala] Re: The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
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Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
On 10/19/2009 6:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
If he wore the mandatory cask of brandy to indicate his Swissness, that
would work.
But considering the name "Scala," I wonder why an opera singer or
character wouldn't
seem like a natural fit. Some Scaramouche-like guy, Barber of Seville
(or Bugs Bunny equivalent),
or the necessary Fat Lady.
bob
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Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Bob Jamison < ishmalius@...> wrote:
> On 10/19/2009 6:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>> Mountain Dog! E.g.,
>>
>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>
>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>> puppy and more
>>
>> It's huge! It's fast! It's strong! It cares for people!
>> Makes sense?
>> Cheers,
>> Alexy
>>
> If he wore the mandatory cask of brandy to indicate his Swissness, that
> would work.
>
> But considering the name "Scala," I wonder why an opera singer or character
> wouldn't
> seem like a natural fit. Some Scaramouche-like guy, Barber of Seville (or
> Bugs Bunny equivalent),
> or the necessary Fat Lady.
Marvin the Martian?
>
> bob
>
>
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[scala] Re: [scala-user] Re: The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
what about the greater dog with the scala spring instead of cask of brandy? jiri On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Daniel Sobral <dcsobral@...> wrote:
Yeah. I would not be able to endure the code smells puns.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Philip Köster <philip.koester@...> wrote:
Nice spontaneuous artwork! The name ``skunk" is appealing of course, but the odor is possibly not.
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Re: [scala] Re: The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Stefan Zeiger < szeiger@...> wrote:
> What, no skunk? http://imgur.com/mrmAQ.png ;-)
I must say, the skunk is a strong contender!
Smart, persistent, using its great strengths with caution. Loves
people and their stuff. Perhaps can be deputy mascot, during Swiss
national holidays.
Cheers,
Alexy
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