Hi everyone!
Following the results of the icon poll I am looking to make a new icon for our COBOL community here!
COBOL does not have an official logo like other programming languages. I am worried the current logo communicates that COBOL is an archaic, outdated, or dead language, therefore I am seeking suggestions for alternatives.
For suggestions, please suggest an icon from game-icons.net and what hex colour gradient it should have. A brief explanation of why you chose that image/what it represents would be great too but not required!
An example suggestion format:
- Icon: https://game-icons.net/1x1/delapouite/triceratops-head.html
- Gradiant: 2EE5D2 - A01FC5
- Additional Info (Optional): I chose a Triceratops because a lot of COBOL imagery from third-parties use a Triceratops. The colour gradient is the one used in this post.
I still back my idea of a Horseshoe crab. Its evolutionary line has remained the same for eons because it works, but changing coastlines and the modern era have led to population decline.
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I’d suggest a predatory bird, perhaps some kind of raptor (as the category still invokes a dinosaur reference). Perhaps an owl, that also invokes age, maturity, and wisdom, but also mystery, wonder and ancient mythology? With the lore around COBOL being pass down as much by spoken word as written text, that could be an apt analogy.
