Everyone knows Python is green and Ruby is red...

yunwal · 2024-08-25T14:45:32 1724597132

Python has always been blue and yellow

i80and · 2024-08-25T15:59:33 1724601573

I had to dig into this, because I also felt Python is green.

The Python logo has been blue/yellow in the modern era and monochromatic prior, but the Python IDLE icon DID used to be green[1]. Which in practice probably cemented into my brain very early on, since I learned Python with IDLE!

[1]: https://github.com/certik/python-2.7/blob/master/Lib/idlelib...

trescenzi · 2024-08-25T17:21:25 1724606485

Wow I haven’t seen that logo in so long. Love it, thanks for the reminder.

dchest · 2024-08-25T18:09:23 1724609363

Python 2 docs used to be greenish https://docs.python.org/2.7/tutorial/modules.html#intra-pack...

airstrike · 2024-08-25T15:55:41 1724601341

I meant it more "if anyone's green, then it's Python, not Ruby". I still associate Python with green because of the typical cartoon color of snakes + Django

thaumasiotes · 2024-08-25T14:24:51 1724595891

> Everyone knows Python is green

...why?

TehCorwiz · 2024-08-25T14:43:05 1724596985

Sssssomething about the namesssss.

thaumasiotes · 2024-08-25T14:45:39 1724597139

And that would be...? Pythons aren't green. It's like saying everyone knows Perl is blue, because it's represented by a camel.

Here's the least reality-informed, most popularly well-known image of a python you can find: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/a/a1/Kaa_O...

EasyMark · 2024-08-25T22:01:47 1724623307

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/green-tree-python

airstrike · 2024-08-25T15:11:07 1724598667

Ask a kid to draw a snake and which colored pencil will they reach out to 9 out of 10 times? Or just look at the snake emoji...