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Re: DRC ladybug symbol origin

 

Do an image google search for "debug icon ladybug" and you'll see
quite many debugging related ladybugs. I think it has been used as a
symbol because it's easily recognizable and cute.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(engineering).

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 6:16 AM Brian Piccioni
<brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing because it finds bugs?
>
> On 2020-07-16 11:14 p.m., Ben Ellis wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know why the DRC symbol is a ladybug? Asking for a friend
>
> Best,
> Ben
>
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