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limerick revision 1.5
      1 A computer called Illiac4
      2 Had a rather tough bug in its core.
      3 	It chewed up its cards
      4 	And spewed yards and yards
      5 Of illegible tape on the floor.
      6 %
      7 A computer, to print out a fact,
      8 Will divide, multiply, and subtract.
      9 	But this output can be
     10 	No more than debris,
     11 If the input was short of exact.
     12 		-- Gigo
     13 %
     14 A dreary young bank clerk named Fennis
     15 Wished to foster an aura of menace;
     16 	To make people afraid
     17 	He wore gloves of grey suede
     18 And white footgear intended for tennis.
     19 		-- Edward Gorey
     20 %
     21 A hacker who screwed a mag tape
     22 Was caught and convicted of rape.
     23 	To jail he did go,
     24 	From which, to his woe
     25 He couldn't get out with ESC.
     26 %
     27 A linguist thought it a farce
     28 That memory space was so sparse.
     29 	One day they increased it.
     30 	Said he as he seized it:
     31 "At last! Enough core for the parse".
     32 %
     33 A progressive professor named Winners
     34 Held classes each evening for sinners.
     35 	They were graded and spaced
     36 	So the vile and debased
     37 Would not be held back by beginners.
     38 %
     39 A very intelligent turtle
     40 Found programming UNIX a hurdle
     41 	The system, you see,
     42 	Ran as slow as did he,
     43 And that's not saying much for the turtle.
     44 %
     45 There was a young lady from Niger
     46 Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
     47 	They returned from the ride
     48 	With the lady inside,
     49 And the smile on the face of the tiger.
     50 %
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