Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when?

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Re: Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when? by linuxer (Curate) on Feb 05, 2009 at 20:32 UTC
Does this answer your question? update: Perl Camel FAQ	[reply]
Re^2: Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when? by jvector (Friar) on Feb 05, 2009 at 22:19 UTC
Interestingly, the link on that page (where it says "O'Reilly & Associates maintain the trademark on the use of camel in association with Perl") is broken. This signature was ready by Christmas on Alpha Centauri	[reply]
Re^3: Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when? by linuxer (Curate) on Feb 05, 2009 at 22:24 UTC
OK, didn't check that. Searched around a little at O'Reilly's and found a Perl Camel FAQ ...	[reply]
Re^4: Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when? by jvector (Friar) on Feb 05, 2009 at 22:41 UTC
Re^5: Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Feb 05, 2009 at 22:54 UTC
Re: Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when? by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Feb 05, 2009 at 23:13 UTC
I suspect that the Camel logo came about through a combination of the O'Reilly book designer and Larry Wall's sense of whimsy ("Camel -- a horse designed by a committee" -- old joke). At any rate, the Camel appears on the cover of my first edition of 'Programming Perl' (signed by the authors; it's going to be a collector's item an another thirty years or so....). It would appear that Camels and Perl have been associated together since 1991. ---- I Go Back to Sleep, Now. OGB	[reply]
Re^2: Who bestowed the camel to perl? And when? by jvector (Friar) on Feb 05, 2009 at 23:36 UTC
Yesss... I suppose that for me (and for maybe many others) Perl and The Camel are associated and that is (partly?) because of the O'Reilly publication(s?) - although we may not consciously acknowledge that. I am still not comfortable though. London.pm adopted a camel at London Zoo. (citation needed) That's because London.pm love: (a)Perl (b)O'Reilly ..? This may be in danger of going OT, but... I think O'Reilly are great. I probably have more of their books on my shelves than any other technical publisher's. But... the way they say that kind of pushes my buttons. I acknowledge I am not an expert in the history. For me, `(Perl -> Camel) <-O'Reilly`, not `(O'Reilly->Camel)<-Perl` Collect this signature from the post office.	[reply] [d/l] [select]