Pony references are in several places:
- http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg44751.html
- http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-pony/
- http://djangopony.com/
Is there a cultural reference that I am missing? What is the deal with ponies?
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Its a Django unofficial mascot. See this blog post for an explanation.
Python generally uses Monty Python references (and sometimes snake references, for the misguided).
Yann Ramin
2010-01-22 06:02:49
I think that, being Monty Python fans, we should better ask for a shrubbery, one that look nice. And not too expensive, also.
Khelben
2010-01-22 07:46:40
.................... NI!
Stefano Borini
2010-01-24 04:25:07
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When you start listing what you want, "I want a fast HTTP parser", "I want ORM that just works", "I want higher order functions", the idea is that while you're wishing for things, you might as well wish for a pony too. This is probably a reference to a Calvin and Hobbes strip from "Someone under the bed is drooling", in which Susie Derkins says that as long as she's dreaming, she might as well wish for a pony.
Dietrich Epp
2010-01-22 06:03:37
Of course it's kitsch. Thats the whole point. Python is such a serious language and Django such a serious framework that serious web developers can take themselves serious enough to adopt ponies, pink, rainbows, glitter and love to represent their seriousness. It's AWESOME(tm).
Alan
2010-01-23 14:27:52
@wisty: Don't add [not-programming-related] tags. http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/43879/anti-tags-valid-use-or-not
Roger Pate
2010-03-30 20:16:16
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Look at what the pony does!
http://ponysex.us/ (SFW.. I guess)
Alex Gaynor
2010-01-22 08:18:55