From: Todd Gillespie <toddg@...128.ma.utexas.edu>
Date: 2001-09-04T12:09:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20835] Re: OReilly Ruby book has snail on cover

Phil Tomson <ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com> wrote:
: I found another page that moon snails also attack oysters (which produce 
: pearls) - Ruby is going after  Perl territory.

: And lastly, a python is useless against a moon snail - it simply retreats 
: into it's thick shell (of course moon snails are in the ocean, so a python 
: wouldn't likely go after it anyway) ;-)

: So, I conclude that if it must be a gastropod the moon snail would be 
: the perfect cover animal for OReilly's Ruby book. ;-)

Is this thread devolving into a Pokemon-esque form of mascot combat?

gastropod!  I choose you!

This newgroup is just getting too wierd.