Nice to see a multi-language HTTP library, but I won't be stepping away from python-requests.org anytime soon.
Unicorn
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Re: Unicorn
#12Re: Unicorn
#13Could they have possibly picked a more confusing name? 1. Unicorn for Ruby: http://unicorn.bogomips.org/ 2. Green Unicorn for Python: http://gunicorn.org/ The fact that this is an HTTP request library, as opposed to a server, is what pushes this into serious troll territory. The only saving grace here is that Java programmers searching for this library might come upon one of the other two and realize what they are mi…
As pointed out by another commenter, they also ripped off the unicorn image seen on Github error pages, which further confuses the matter because Github obviously used that unicorn since they run the Unicorn web server, not whatever this HTTP library is. They would have been better off naming it something awful like "Hospice" or something.
apparently they got permission for use in open-source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5597431
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#14Just throwing in my vote for changing your name.
My first thought was "You're kidding, right?"
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#15Could they have possibly picked a more confusing name? 1. Unicorn for Ruby: http://unicorn.bogomips.org/ 2. Green Unicorn for Python: http://gunicorn.org/ The fact that this is an HTTP request library, as opposed to a server, is what pushes this into serious troll territory. The only saving grace here is that Java programmers searching for this library might come upon one of the other two and realize what they are mi…
I agree -- the name is super confusing... at least they reference the collision within ruby: "Why not a name change? Well, we decided on the name before writing the libraries and decided to stick through to the end with it, also... this awesome site. The more you know~"
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#16All right, I'm confused. I thought this was a new site for http://unicorn.bogomips.org/ , the Rack HTTP server. This was further reinforced by the use of the angry unicorn logo which GitHub used in their article on the Unicorn Rack HTTP server [1].
If I'm reading this right, though, this is an HTTP client library. The docs[2] say
> If you are wondering why we aren't using the
> Unicorn namespace for ruby it is because it's
> already taken by the awesome Eric Wong's mostly
> pure-Ruby HTTP backend
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#17Could they have possibly picked a more confusing name? 1. Unicorn for Ruby: http://unicorn.bogomips.org/ 2. Green Unicorn for Python: http://gunicorn.org/ The fact that this is an HTTP request library, as opposed to a server, is what pushes this into serious troll territory. The only saving grace here is that Java programmers searching for this library might come upon one of the other two and realize what they are mi…
I clicked and just assumed it was the Ruby server, I've even seen that logo used in conjunction with Unicorn before. Did they just not google the name at all before diving in?
I'm pretty certain that that's the error message Github gives when something goes wrong with Unicorn (The Ruby one, that is)...
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#18I think I'll never be able to switch to "libs have designed websites w/ logos and marketing messages" crowd. Probably getting old. This one with unreadable pink code font and blinking was specifically hard to look at. Consider this as friendly feedback please.
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#19This strikes me as intentionally misleading. They're using the github angry unicorn pic. GH is a noted proponent of Unicorn the ruby app server. https://github.com/blog/517-unicorn
It's actually Daniel Shaw's logo and he has given us (and GitHub I presume) permission to use it.
Sorry for the confusion, we really dropped the ball.
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#20I hate to add another nail to the name coffin, but I instantly thought this was regarding the ruby unicorn web server. I continued to think this until I came back to the comments to verify.