[xkxx]

I always wondered whether the language had or had not been named because of that show about colorful, pastel-, candy-colored equines, of which I'm totally not a fan of.

[spooneybarger]

The answer would be no, but we have no objections to equines of any color.

[avian]

Have you seen the FIM++ language? Perhaps somebody should re-write the interpreter in Pony.

https://github.com/JaredMFProgramming/fimpp

[Cyph0n]

Oh man, but that's nothing compared to this: https://github.com/ErisBlastar/cplusequality

[ue_]

>that show about colorful, pastel-, candy-colored equines, of which I'm totally not a fan of.

Have you watched the last couple of seasons? I liked them more.

[fnord123]

I think it's named after rhyming slang for crap (pony and trap).

[spooneybarger]

also nope:

it's from the phrase "and I want a pony"

[teddyh]

Originally from here:

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/01/13

[spooneybarger]

that would be it