Perl Advent Calendar 2024
For many years, the question of what is or is not Perl's logo has been quite murky. There is a fair amount of backstory and there is too much to dive into right here, but I will happily point you at Neil Bowers' tackling of the subject from 4 years ago: https://neilb.org/2020/12/04/perl-and-camels.html It's a quick, but informative read. I encourage you to take a peek.
that Perl could adopt a new camel logo—separate from the one used on O'Reilly's book cover—and use it as the official symbol for the Perl language. the goal would be to create a logo that represents not just the language but also the community, one that feels friendly and welcoming. He acknowledged that the "camel association" will always be tied to Perl, even if a new logo is chosen, but suggested this as a pragmatic approach
At the Perl Toolchain Summit in Lisbon this year, a small group of us had a chat about the logo (or non-logo) situation. The majority opinion was that someone should come up with a logo and present it for community use. Neil Bowers and I were nominated to take this on. Over the summer, Neil commissioned Zach Roszczewski to come up with a new camel. Babs Veloso, Neil and I gave some initial feedback. After we were happy that we could proceed, we widened the circle of participants to a small, shadowy cabal, chatting on TPRF Slack. Among these were Sébastien Feugère and Thibault Duponchelle, who had previous wrestled with the logo topic. Later, I participated in a call with the PSC, where they gave some feedback on the logo. When I was at the London Perl and Raku Workshop this past October, Sébastien, Thibault, Leo Lapworth and I got in a room together to discuss a path forward. We aimed to have a logo available for announcement as part of the Perl Advent Calendar, and here we are.
