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Songs for Nerds


To the tune of ``Let It Be'':

When I find my code in tons of trouble, / Friends and colleagues come to me, / Speaking words of wisdom: / "Write in C."

As the deadline fast approaches, / And bugs are all that I can see, / Somewhere, someone whispers:/ "Write in C."

Write in C, Write in C, / Write in C, oh, Write in C./ LOGO's dead and buried, / Write in C.

I used to write a lot of FORTRAN, / For science it worked flawlessly. / Try using it for graphics! / Write in C.

If you've just spent nearly 30 hours / Debugging some assembly, / Soon you will be glad to / Write in C.

Write in C, Write in C, / Write in C, yeah, Write in C. / Only wimps use BASIC. / Write in C.

Write in C, Write in C / Write in C, oh, Write in C. / Pascal won't quite cut it. / Write in C.

Write in C, Write in C, / Write in C, yeah, Write in C. / Don't even mention COBOL. / Write in C.


To the tune of ``Nowhere Man''

He's a real UNIX Man / Sitting in his UNIX LAN / Making all his UNIX plans / For nobody

He's as wise as he can be / Programs in lex, yacc and C / UNIX Man, can you help me / At all?

UNIX Man, please listen / My printout is missin' / UNIX Man / The wo-o-o-orld is your 'at' command


To the tune of ``Eleanor Rigby''

Sits at the keyboard / And waits for a line on the screen / Lives in a dream

Waits for a signal / Finding some code / That will make the machine do some more. / What is it for?

All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

Guru MacKenzie / Typing the lines of a program that no one will run; / Isn't it fun?

Look at him working, / Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile; / Where is the style?

All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

Eleanor Rigby / Crashes the system and loses 6 hours of work; / What is it worth?

Guru MacKenzie / Wiping the blood off his hands as he walks from the grave; / Nothing was saved.

All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
All the lonely users, why does it take so long?


Thanks to Scott Chiu...

Prepared by:Aleta Ricciardi
433B Engineering Science Building
aleta@ece.utexas.edu

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