Pawel Szymczykowski wrote:
> or maybe the Python snake:
> 
> http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/holly/p/PPix/Python2.JPG

You're kidding right? I love Python as much as I love Ruby, but their 
snake mascot is not a good mascot (IMO). It's cold-blooded. It eats 
small furry cute mammals. It's slimly, it smells, etc. Look at the 
problems Pyhton has with naming projects. Eggs... what kind of name is 
that? A lot of people think eggs are gross. And snake eggs are even more 
gross!

Ruby's gem is much better (IMO). A Ruby is something of value. If I 
found a ruby, I would pick it up, dust it of and put it in my pocket. 
Rubys are something to be held, admired and passed onto or sold to 
others. If I came across a snake, I'd either run from it or kill it 
somehow... isn't it human nature to fear snakes? Why have a mascot so 
naturally repulsive to 90% of humankind?

Again, Python is great, but the snake mascot is not!

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