From: Henning von Rosen <henning@...>
Date: 2001-09-03T17:53:00+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20755] Re: OReilly Ruby book has snail on cover

> |> Oh, no.  Last time I asked them sheep, they gave me goat.  This time
> |> they haven't even asked me.
>
> |I do not like snails too, at least not for the book cover
> |maybe something more powerful would be good
> |because Ruby is such a powerful language
> |
> |like a tiger (but tigers maybe a bad choice because they are
> |unfortunately!!!!! close to
> |extinction and Ruby is definitely not!)
> |
> |maybe a (golden) eagle, a crocodile or a cugar!
>
> I think, unfortunately, it's too late.  It always be.
> But I can't help expressing my feeling of disappointment.  sigh.
>
> matz.

I understand, but let's look at it the other way:

look, camels walk strangley, and probably do not smell good; python snakes
are very unfriendly and dangerous. Animal is animal, and every animal has
it's own beauty, it's own advantage, that made it survive and thrive.

Any interpreted language is slow, a snail is one of the few animals that can
really make the best out of being slow. Besides, snails are really beautiful
animals. So, why not think of the snail as a profound object-oriented
zen-kind-of snail. In order to think deep, you need to relax. For me Ruby is
a good tool, because it is deep, so a snail on the cover could be really
inspirational.

:-)!
amike via Henning