2009/3/12 Satnam Singh
I agree that looking for a mascot that is inspired by "laziness" is a bad idea from a P.R. perspective (I am tired of people walking out the room when I give Haskell talks to general audiences and explain lazy evaluation).
Perhaps this is just an indication of my dark and violent side, but choosing an animal with a killer instinct might be a better idea. A creature that would eat something small and furry as a mid afternoon snack
How about a viper? http://viperfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/5742_coiled_up_viper_snak...
Python already uses a snake and it reminds me too much of vi and viper-mode etc. If so many people are reluctant towards the sloth, why don't we just go for the narwhal? They're predators, they have built-in swords and they're just bad ass in general. Then of course, there's the downside that there's no connection to the language itself in any way. Deniz