slow and lazy... that's me, too. but haskell is not slow.
how about an octopus? there are some kinds (or all?), which are more chameleon like than real chameleons; they can look like strange fishes, stones, or whatever. they have a decentralized brain (like multi core), are really intelligent (can even open cucumber glasses, but probably not 100 bottles of beer) and are from the stronger types of animals; strong because they save their energy (glucose and oxygen) in their blood for times when they need it -- like being lazy but fast. they can swim backwards and can squeeze themself through holes of the size of their own eyes -- reminds me of javascript as backend. and they are funny and cool: they squirt water at you like dolphins -- the "Quotes of the Week" are funny and cool, too, but you have to wet yourself. imho, you can compare them to handy parrots (but mute) with colour/sign language and chameleon features. and they know some ninja arts; inky, but ninjas are cool. some videos: The Indonesian Mimic Octopus <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8oQBYw6xxc> One Very Clever Octopus <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLLQOK1gZE4> Skilled octopus opens bottles <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfRqYjv9QgA> Octopus escaping through a one inch hole <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-azBDt0kik> Wow! Giant octopus - extreme animals - BBC wildlife <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwAqhThd_EQ> Pulpos: suave inteligencia (Octopus intelligence) <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8cf7tPoN5o> - marc Am Donnerstag, 2. April 2009 schrieb Bulat Ziganshin: > Hello Benjamin, > > Thursday, April 2, 2009, 2:54:38 PM, you wrote: > > > Likewise. Why don't we ask the real Simon to choose an additional > > mascot for Haskell? Something slow and lazy would do.... > > i propose myself... > > -- > Best regards, > Bulat mailto:bulat.zigans...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > Haskell@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell >
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