Someday, Scala’s trademark sluggish compilation may improve.
Edit: it could upgrade to a snail on roller skates.
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The best part is the cat face!
Oh, had another idea. We could call it the Scala Serpent. That would give it alliteration and while still maintaining the pretty much all of the properties of the dragon I mentioned before.
Scala Snail is an alliteration too. Plus, it’s cuter. Edit : and to separate it from the logo, we could represent it as climbing the stairs.
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I mean a snail’s shell is already a spiral !
(technically the Scala logo is an helix, but shush)
Thinking more on it, it’s not necessarily the most strategical idea to take the animal associated with slowness to represent a language that has a reputation of slow compile times ^^’
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I just realised that Scala already has a mascot – it’s everyone’s favourite good bot: Scala Steward.
PS Let’s name them Stuart.
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The warning says that reviving the topic will punish anyone previously involved in the conversation.
The “Grumpquat” reminded me that the mascot also needs a name (either a “given name” or a generic designation), but I see that “Stuart” has already been nominated.
That is fitting, since a “Stew” is a combination of ingredients, much like Scala, to produce an overall pleasant sensation. That would also lend itself to project names such as “gravy” and “Scala by the Bay Leaf”. Like a stew, Scala simmers on a back burner for an extended period before it is ready for consumption. But maybe that is an overextended metaphor.
I have a loquat on the patio, so of course I’m sorry we lost out to “tailscale” on that score, but I’m also sorry that “Typesafe” didn’t come up with “tailscale”.
Apologies in advance for the topic revival, but as Dr Odersky tells us, Scala must continue to innovate, a process sans cesse.
Edit: There is a subtopic early in the thread about not linking to social media, which I appreciate after the demise of twitter; and I’m no longer on discord.
For convenience, here is the original link for Sennenhund.
It seems possible to me that Stu, who manages the alpine resort and annoys us with the Swiss precision of their updates, has a dog named Stew whom he sends out to retrieve lost patrons.
Sometimes ce gars is just ce gars.
