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Well, it has an animal mascot logo. Which is my personal yardstick for if a project is destined for success. So, off to a good start, but the lobster could be m

Well, it has an animal mascot logo. Which is my personal yardstick for if a project is destined for success. So, off to a good start, but the lobster could be more cuddly.

adiabatty 1y ago
To be fair, there’s a programming language out there already with a cuddly-lobster mascot. A decidedly un-cuddly lobster just maximizes product differentiation.
- shayway 1y ago
  What language is that?
  - jibal 1y ago
    They mean Rust, but its unofficial mascot is a cuddly crab, not a lobster (both are crustaceans).
- jibal 1y ago
  It's a crab, not a lobster.
lagniappe 1y ago
Can I interest you in a rat named Keith, with its foot blown off?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 1y ago
  At least it has personality. Not a generic, noncommittal blob.
amy_petrik 1y ago
Fun story behind the name, per the language inventor Hendrik K. Grubbs, Phd. "Dr. Grubbs, what inspired the language name" "A Hooker down by the docks" "WHAT?!?" "Yes, I went to her lonely one Friday, she only cost five dollars. Next day I had a terrible itch and realized she'd given me crabs. So I confronted her the next day and asked why she had done this to me. 'What do you expect for five dollars, lobster?' "