Pony references are in several places:
- http://www.mail-archive.com/python-dev@python.org/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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8It's amazing that this question is still not closed, while other useful questions with a dozens of upvotes are considered off-topic. – totymedli Oct 15 '13 at 12:35
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6I wonder why it isn't protected yet. – Karoly Horvath Mar 21 '14 at 21:18
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1Sad, nobody asks after The Testing Goat. – gps Feb 27 '20 at 19:37
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110 years since I posted that question. How time flies by! – Sridhar Ratnakumar Feb 28 '20 at 01:33
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2I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not a programming question. – Robert Columbia Apr 07 '20 at 16:10
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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.
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21Of 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 Plum Jan 23 '10 at 14:27
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1@wisty: Don't add [not-programming-related] tags. http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43879/anti-tags-valid-use-or-not – Mar 30 '10 at 20:16
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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).
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15I think that, being Monty Python fans, we should better ask for a shrubbery, one that look nice. And not too expensive, also. – Khelben Jan 22 '10 at 07:46
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