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/* SYMPATHY FOR THE PROGRAMMER
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Please allow me, to introduce myself;
I'm a man, of BITS and BYTES.
Wrote a million lines, of pC code;
and I stayed up, many a late night.
I was 'round, when I.B.M.;
made the PC, and set the stage.
Been payin' STEADY DUES since then;
now they call me: THE DIGITAL MAGE.
Pleased to meet you, and I hope you, caught my name;
'Cause programmin' this thing, is the nature, of my game!
I stood by while ASHTON-TATE;
made the tender case, for that MESS they've made.
Million-dollar magazine adds;
with endorsement - The Marquis DuSade. (Mraquis LIKES it!)
I shouted out:
WHO BOUGHT 6 MILLION PCs?
Well, after all;
it was, uh, you and me.
Pleased to meet you; too bad your head, is in the past;
And what's puzzling you is: How can it DO all that, THAT FAST?
I am a neutrino, in my digital dream;
and all I need, to get MY kicks:
While your ram-chips RAGE, and your printers SCREAM;
is 20Mhz, and a '386!
Run this machine, in the HAMMER LANE;
just as fast as, it will go.
Set two more waits, on the 8-bit bus;
It's a MAGE program, don't you know?
Let me, please, introduce myself, and I hope you, like my screens.
Just press your H key, to see what, it all means.
Now the C.E.O, He's a MERE USER;
and saints, the VP's aint.
The boys upstairs, they call me PROGRAMMER;
say I'm in need of, some RESTRAINT!
But when they meet me, they show sympathy;
they have courtesy, and good taste.
They use all their well-learned qualities;
lest I lay drive, C: TO WASTE! (OH, YEAH!)
Pleased to meet you, and in case you, ever doubt me;
Don't use the computer; just for ONE WEEK, try it without me!
Now the business world runs, at the devil's pace;
but who really, turns it round?
It's not the GM, or this month's sales ace;
no they're just a, bunch of CLOWNS!
It's that MAGIC MACHINE, over there on the desk;
and those who, designed and sold it.
And WHY do programmers, smile most of the time?
It's 'cause all it "knows," WE TOLD IT!
Pleased to meet you, and I hope you, got it straight;
At this very moment, thirteen computers, process YOUR FATE!
When your visa bill, arrives next month;
it's for seventeen, million five.
Your utilities, they're all shut off;
it seems that your check, did not arrive.
Yeah, and what about those COPS?
You know they got, computers too.
If YOUR name happens, to appear on THAT screen;
then the output, it just won't do!
Pleased to meet you, and I notice:
you're solvent and free.
But the SOURCE CODE that, makes the WHOLE WORLD work;
came from PROGRAMMERS, like me.
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shamelessly plagiarized by: Monte Ward. - THE DIGITAL MAGE
(Don't bother to sue me, Mick, I aint makin' no money!)
*/