Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!tove!koved From: koved@tove.UUCP (Larry Koved) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: 'Twas the night before Crisis Message-ID: <74@tove.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 18:19:59 EST Article-I.D.: tove.74 Posted: Tue Dec 18 18:19:59 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 01:27:57 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 46 'Twas the Night before Crisis' . 'Twas the night before crisis, and all throught the house, Not a program was working, not even a browse. . The programmers were wrung out, too mindless to care, Knowing chances of cutover hadn't prayer. . The users were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of inquiries danced in their heads. . When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter, That I sprang from my tube to see what was the matter. . And what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a Super Programmer, oblivious to fear. . More rapid than eaglest Batch Jobs! Olosing! Os Co is eyes ere glazevhis ner were leomront of a screen. . A wink of his eye, ana twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. . He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, Turning specs into code, h a jerk, . And laying his finger on the ENTER key, The system came up, and worked perfectly. . The updates, updated; the deletes, they deleted; The iuired; and the closing completed. . He tested each whistle, he tested each bell, With nary an abend, and all had gone well. . The system was finished, the tests were concluded, The client's last changes were even included! . And the client exclaimed with a snarl and a taunt, 'It's just what I asked for, but it's not what I want.' . . -- Spoken: Larry Koved Arpa: koved.umcp-cs@CSNet-relay Uucp:...{allegra,seismo}!umcp-cs!koved