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Discussion on: The complex topic of Perl logos

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🌌 Sébastien Feugère ☔ • Edited

The Yaru icon for Perl files is somewhat problematic. I didn't manage to trace how this choice was made. It's not consistent with other programming languages icons. E.g. for some reason, the Go files icon doesn't use the Gopher mascot.

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I don't blame the use of a camel, but the comic style camel. I like childish or comic style things (e.g. I am a great fan of Raku mascott), but not sure if this is a great choice in this situation.

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🌌 Sébastien Feugère ☔ • Edited

Mmm, just saw this on perl.org :

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Where does this come from ?