bradn (06/18/82)
(to the tune of "A Policeman's Lot" from Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance") When a hacker's not engaged in compilation [compilation] or single-stepping code in adb [adb] his/her concept of enlightened conversation [conversation] is as far removed from coding as can be. [as can be] One misnomer is as good as any other; [any other] a "hacker" is the soul who makes things run. [makes things run] Ah, take one consideration with another [with another] a hacker's lot is not a happy one. [A "hacker" is the soul who makes things run, makes things run; a hacker's lot is not a happy one, happy one.] Though our lucid comments gush with human feeling [human feeling] and clearly document each program's works [program's works] the remote mail system shows no signs of healing [signs of healing] and nroff still contains annoying quirks. ['noyying quirks] Our aesthetics we, with difficulty, smother ['culty smother] when an "rm -r *" must be undone. [be undone] Taking one consideration with another [with another] a hacker's lot is not a happy one. [When an "rm -r *" must be undone, be undone a hacker's lot is not a happy one, happy one.] Brad Needham (....decvax!teklabs!tekmdp!bradn) Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, OR