Perhaps your (admittedly young) colleague had other reasons to inquire...
It turns out that (in the US at least) the lambda symbol is one of the
symbols of gay pride since the 1970's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_symbol#Lambda
If you google lambda gay you will find many more references.
There may be a crossover marketing opportunity there for functional
programming: a rainbow T-shirt with a giant pink lambda symbol, and on
the back:
Lambda: the sign of a functional lifestyle
As gays are much better organized than Haskellers, this could be a big
win in exposure for Haskell, like wearing Maxwell's equations on a
T-shirt at a Grateful Dead concert! :)
Dan Weston
Ketil Malde wrote:
On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 09:54 -0700, Simon Michael wrote:
I agree actually. That picture, while very cool, won't help Haskell
marketing one bit. :)
Avoid success at all costs, remember?
Lisp's made with alien technology is much more inviting:
http://www.lisperati.com/logo.html .
True. Perhaps we can take it, but change the text to
advanced
Made with V alien technology
?
Albert Y.C. Lai wrote:
I have also looked at the culture of people 10-20 years younger than me.
To wit: I put the lambda-hazard skull on my door, and fifteen minutes
later a (admittedly young) colleague was asking about the lambda symbol,
and I was extolling the virtues of functional programming. :-)
-k
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