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Subject: A song for our times
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Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 10:27:35 EDT
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The Hacker's Song 
        (no apologies whatsoever to Monty Python) 
	((or the original author!))
 
I'm a hacker and I'm okay. 
I work all night and I sleep all day. 
 
I wrote some hacks in APL, 
each on a single line. 
They're mutually recursive, 
and run in n-squared time! 
 
(chorus:) 
Oh, he's a hacker and he's okay. 
He works all night and he sleeps all day. 
I'm a hacker and I'm okay. 
I work all night and I sleep all day. 
 
I wrote two hacks in MACRO, 
with UUOs galore. 
One plays Nim on the console lights, 
while the other zeros core! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote a hack in Snobol, 
with FORTRAN subroutines, 
It spits out trashy stories, 
for ladies' magazines! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote some hacks in InterLisp, 
they barely fit in core. 
The swapper thrashed its guts out, 
So now it runs no more. 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote a hack in microcode, 
with a goto on each line, 
it runs as fast as Superman, 
but not quite every time! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote some hacks in Ada, 
and still can't run them yet, 
Do you suppose we'll see that day 
On it, I wouldn't bet! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote a hack for UNIX 
While it was still in vogue. 
It knows the tricks to pacman, 
and plays mean games of rogue! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote some hacks, distributed, 
across our neat gateway. 
Each one of its 10 functions 
kills RIG in a different way! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote some hacks in Mlisp, 
to edit files of root. 
It writes them back no-execute, 
And now it won't reboot! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote some hacks to manage jobs 
with PLITS and IPC. 
Its very first activity, 
was firing the faculty! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote some hacks with P and V 
to synchronize my life. 
Now I can't use the bathroom, 
I'm deadlocked with my wife! 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote a hack (in theory), 
it may not ever halt. 
But if it does, just watch out... 
[Fatal Error: Infinite Page Fault] 
 
(chorus) 
 
I wrote a hack with hough transforms 
for our folks at DoD. 
It'll guide their fancy missiles, 
to Washington, D.C. 
 
I'm a hacker and I'm okay, 
I work all night and I sleep all day. 
I'll have a system of my own someday, 
that'll run my code in a hacked-up way.