Re: Logo considerations

2009-03-25 Thread James Fuller
to further comment, I would never believe a logo actually influences which programming languages one chooses to develop in ... but I would argue that a logo needs to convey the right 'messages' to those who pay for software projects ... as with any logo; my point is to identify these messages

Re: Logo considerations

2009-03-25 Thread jason switzer
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:10 PM, James Fuller james.fuller.2...@gmail.comwrote: Is there any sponsorship money to spend on a very good graphic designer to create something based on a small list of requirements as to what meaning it should convey ? I would agree; have a professional do it and

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Nigel Hamilton
I like the Camelia it's colourful, fun - it even has an embedded, sideways reference to a Camel. But IMHO there is a need for three logos: 1. Combined Parrot + Rakudo I like the suggestion of having cartoon speech bubbles around the Parrot that contain favicons of the language icons (e.g.,

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Nigel Hamilton
But IMHO there is a need for three logos: 1. Combined Parrot + Rakudo (Parrot with speech bubbles in favicon halo)++ 2. Rakudo Camelia++ 3. Perl6 = the test suite The current plan is that Perl6 will not have a single implementation but that the test suite is shared by

Re: Logo considerations

2009-03-25 Thread Eirik Berg Hanssen
jason switzer jswit...@gmail.com writes: [warning: light-hearted humor ahead] There's also the notion that perl6's scope has creeped to accommodate a large enough set of ideas. Seems like an appropriate logo: http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2hl=enq=kitchen+sink I kinda liked that one

Re: Logo considerations

2009-03-25 Thread Smylers
jason switzer writes: Basically, the perl community has largely adopted TIMTOWTDI as a philosophy ... For that, a cluster of arrows in different directions seems fitting Or a toad, called Tim -- frogs are cuter than arrows! (Though timtowtdi is already associated with Perl 5, so perhaps not

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Mark J. Reed
Perl 6 is more than just the test suite. It's a language specification, a reference parser, a test suite, and perhaps a reference setting implementation. All of the things about the language that are not tied to a particular implementation are part of Perl 6. Rakudo is a particular

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:36:56AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: Rakudo is a particular implementation of Perl 6 using Parrot. While it is a separate project from both Perl 6 and Parrot, it is intimately tied to both, and I think its logo should reflect that. I don't see much point in having

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Guy Hulbert
On Wed, 2009-25-03 at 09:59 -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:36:56AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: Rakudo is a particular implementation of Perl 6 using Parrot. While it is a separate project from both Perl 6 and Parrot, it is intimately tied to both, and I think

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:54:34AM -0400, Guy Hulbert wrote: : On Wed, 2009-25-03 at 22:45 +1100, Timothy S. Nelson wrote: : Additionally, while you recommended Camelia for Rakudo, my : understanding was that Larry was recommending it for Perl 6 rather than : Rakudo. This is correct.

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Guy Hulbert
On Wed, 2009-25-03 at 09:39 -0700, Larry Wall wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:54:34AM -0400, Guy Hulbert wrote: : On Wed, 2009-25-03 at 22:45 +1100, Timothy S. Nelson wrote: : Additionally, while you recommended Camelia for Rakudo, my : understanding was that Larry was

Re: Logo considerations - 3 logos needed

2009-03-25 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 03:43:47PM -0400, Guy Hulbert wrote: : On Wed, 2009-25-03 at 09:39 -0700, Larry Wall wrote: : On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:54:34AM -0400, Guy Hulbert wrote: : : On Wed, 2009-25-03 at 22:45 +1100, Timothy S. Nelson wrote: : : Additionally, while you recommended