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Thanks Rob... On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:13:12 -0500, rob@xxxxxxxxx said: > *Twas the Night Before Christmas (Programmer Style)* > > > Twas the night before implementation and all through the house, > not a program was working, not even a browse. > The programmers hung by 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 inquiries danced in their heads. > When out in the machine room there arose such a clatter, > I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter. > And what to 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 Add! On Inquiry! On Delete! > On Batch Jobs! On Closings! On Functions Complete! > His eyes were glased 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 his work, > turning specs into code; thne turned with a jerk. > And laying his finger upon the "ENTER" key, > the system came up and workd perfectly. > The updated updated; the deletes, they deleted, > the inquiries inquired, the closings 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 snarl and a taunt, > "It's just what I asked for, but not what I want!" > - Anonymous > > Rob Berendt > -- > "All creatures will make merry... under pain of death." > -Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon) > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing > list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > -- michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again
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