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The Pyret language.
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Can you consider changing the logo design? #1615

Closed fenginsc closed 3 years ago

fenginsc commented 3 years ago

The name and logo in this language may scare some people. Using some bones and skulls as a logo will arouse some people’s disgust. It looks cool, but it seems that not everyone can accept this design.

jpolitz commented 3 years ago

Thanks for your feedback, we do appreciate hearing this.

I think this thread from a few years ago still accurately summarizes our perspective here:

https://groups.google.com/g/pyret-discuss/c/95rC6SKl5aI/m/C_tM0ca1CAAJ

fenginsc commented 3 years ago

@jpolitz There is no problem with the name of the language, but it is suggested that the design of the logo can be improved to make it look more friendly, thank you.

shriram commented 3 years ago

Thank you for your suggestion, but we haven't received any complaints about it from our many users; in fact, people seem to rather enjoy it. Furthermore, it's used in a bunch of places (e.g., many teachers have used it on their Web pages), so it would be confusing now to change it. Finally, to be honest, we rather like it. (-:

By the way, the logo is also a tribute to the original DrRacket logo: https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~robby/logos/ See the first logo on that page.