What is the deal with the pony in Python community? [closed]

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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).

Answer 3

It's the Django mascot.