[Haskell-cafe] A Mascot

Hans Aberg haberg-1 at telia.com
Wed Nov 16 09:57:47 CET 2011


On 16 Nov 2011, at 05:18, John Meacham wrote:

> People tend to concentrate on the lambda which cooresponds to the
> functional aspect of haskell when designing logos. Not nearly enough
> attention is paid to the other striking feature, the laziness. The
> 'bottom' symbol _|_ should feature prominently. The two most defining
> features of haskell are that it is purely functional and _|_ inhabits
> every type. The combination of which is very powerful.

The mascot already represents the lambda, so all that is needed is to show off its _|_.

Hans





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