On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 09:20:33AM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why is a camel associated with Perl?
It's a horse designed by committee. It's not graceful, it's not pretty, looks like its cobbled together from bits of other animals and if you mistreat it it'll spit in your eye. But camels are surprisingly fast, can carry a heavy load and will happily keep going long after your horse has died. > Is it just that O'Reilly happened to choose > a camel for the cover of "Programming Perl"? IIRC There is a certain person who picks the animal for book covers at O'Reilly and her word is final. I don't know which came first, though. Programming Perl or Perl's association with the camel. > And why one hump and not two? Dunno. > I also noticed CPAN Acme::Pony and Acme::Buffy. > Why Pony? (as opposed to some other animal) Because everybody wants a pony! > Why Buffy? (as opposed to some other TV sitcom) There is nothing else worth watching on TV according to London.pm. > And what does it mean: Buffy riding a Pony? Remember how they say Catherine the Great died... -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One
