'Twas the night before implementation

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An oldie but a goodie.

'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.
And the users were nestled all snug in their beds,
while visions of inquiries danced in their heads.

Then out in the hall 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 two six-packs of beer)!

His resume' glowed with experience so rare,
he turned out great code with a bit-pusher's flare.
More rapid than eagles, his programs they came
and he whistled and shouted and called them by name;

On update!  On add!  On inquiry!  On delete!
On batch jobs!  On closing!  On functions complete!

His eyes were glazed over, fingers nimble and lean
from weekends and nights in front of the screen!
A wink of his eye and a 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, 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 inquiries inquired; and closing completed.
He tested each whistle, and tested each bell
with nary a bend, 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 not what I want!"

Author Unknown

Rob Berendt
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