On 2007-02-09, Josh Hayes wrote:

> Well, if you're going to be pedantic, be better at it.
>
> Herpetology concerns TWO classes: Reptilia and Amphibia, both, as you point 
> it, in the phylum Chordata.

Far out!  The OED defines it as "That part of zoology which treats of
reptiles" --- is this wider scope a recent change?


> And since the class Aves should arguably be within the class Reptilia, I 
> guess this is sort of relevant to rec.birds.

But please respect the traditional rule of thumb that "X has feathers
IFF X is a bird".


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hmmmm: sounds like the same DLL hell problem my cousin had.  try
deleting all DLLs in your Windows/system32 directory and see what
happens.                                           [butting, ark]