ReSent-To: : incoming-songs@SU-GSB-WHY.ARPA
Night Before CS106 Due-Date
Twas the day before Christmas and all through the cache,
All the lights were aglow as red as a rash.
All the Mag-Tapes were hung by the tape-rack with care
In the hopes that some data soon would be there.
Then what to my wondering screen should appear,
A miniature bug, and J'SI error here.
A recursive procedure was nested SO thick
I knew in an instant that it must be sick.
And more rapid than eagles the err-mes'ges came
As I shouted "Oh Doggone" and other bugs' names.
And so into D-DT I pushed my program.
With a sleighful of hints and some brand new D-RAM.
Down the pipes I typed in so nimbly a-bound
But the bug still appeared and could not be found.
It typed many words and would crash my program
O'erflow the buffer and make printers all jam.
'pon laying my finger aside of my nose,
And finding a node the ole network arose.
Then the CRT shouted with vigor and might:
Merry Christmas to All, and to ALL a good night.
sAGE s.
and cOMPANY (C)