The newbie thinks he would find a can of spam on the O'Reilly book
jacket amusing on day one and gross after that. Picture the can
distending the belly of a lovely python in a rectangular shape of
certain proportions; and signifying encapsulation.
Sowhat if it is an inside joke?
Encapsulation
...a "data hiding" paradigm: hiding the details of an
object that do not contribute to its (abstract) essential
characteristics...
ref: (http://uu-gna.mit.edu:8001/uu-gna/text/cc/text/glossary/index.html)
paul taney @ While all things are stirring together
ptaney@wrdmail.er.usgs.gov @ I only contemplate the return.
smail: ms431, reston, va 22092 @ For flourishing as they do, each will
voice: 703-648-5598 @ return to its root. -- Lao Tzu