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- From: Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
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- Subject: Goofy Xmas thingy
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
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- Date: 19 Dec 92 16:17:30
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- A friend of mine posted this to my board; it obviously belongs here. Enjoy.
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- To all the elves at ChipSoft from ChipSoft Minneapolis:
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- Twas the night before release and all through the house,
- Not a program was working, not keyboard or mouse.
- The programmers stared at their tubes in despair,
- With hopes that a miracle soon would be there.
- The users were nestled all snug in their beds,
- While visions of final releases danced in their heads.
- When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter,
- I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter.
- And what to my wondering eyes should appear,
- But a super programmer (with a six-pack of beer).
- His resume glowed with experience so rare,
- He turned out great code with a bit-pusher's flair.
- More rapid than eagles, his programs they came,
- And he cursed and muttered and called them by name.
- On Update! On Transfer! On Build! On Delete!
- On Batch Jobs! On Closings! On Functions Complete!
- His eyes were glazed over, fingers nimble and lean,
- From weekends and nights in front of a screen.
- A wink of his eye and a twitch of his head,
- Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
- He spoke not a word, but went straight to this work,
- Turning specs into code; then turned with a jerk.
- And laying his finger upon the "ENTER" key,
- The system came up and worked perfectly.
- The updates updated; the deletes, they deleted;
- The transfers transferred, and the closing completed.
- He tested each whistle, and tested each bell,
- With nary a bomb, and all had gone well.
- The system was finished, the tests were concluded,
- The users last changes were even included.
- And the user exclaimed with a snarl and a taunt,
- "It's just what I asked for, but not what I want!"
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- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all and
- best of luck on your releases.
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- --- Maximus 2.01wb
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