Some Old Doggerel

[billroper]

I recall having mangled a CSN tune many years ago on the way to Contraption. Like that convention, the particular co-worker whose code I was digging through and sorting out is also gone.

Ah, well.

When the project's months behind,
You're debugging, know what you'll find.
There's some code, not writ by you
And you're wondering just what it will do.
And when that code goes up in flame,
There's a system crash when you type your name,
And you're looking round for someone to blame,
Buddy, blame the guy who's gone.
Blame the guy who's gone.

Comments

[rinioth]

When reading the verse my mind immediately started trying to make it scan to the G&S "Major General's song". This made me first think that there should be a Software Engineers version which led down the slippery slope of wondering about an Operetta called "The Pirates of the Internet".

Fortunately, sanity prevailed and the though died.