| Subject: FW: FW: The Night before Implementation (fwd)
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| > >It's that time of year to pass this one around:
| > >
| > > The NIGHT BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION
| > > Author unknown
| > >
| > > 'Twas the night before implementation
| > > and all through the house,
| > > not a system was working,
| > > not even a mouse.
| > >
| > > The programmers hung by their tubes in despair,
| > > in hopes that a miracle soon would be there.
| > >
| > > The users were nestled all snug in their beds,
| > > while visions of transactions danced in their heads.
| > >
| > > When out of the Monitor came such a clatter,
| > > I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter.
| > >
| > > And what to my wondering eyes should appear,
| > > but a guru programmer (with a sixpack of beer).
| > >
| > > His resume glowed with experience so rare,
| > > and he turned out great code with a bit-pusher's flair.
| > >
| > > More rapid than eagles, his programs they came,
| > > as he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
| > >
| > > On Update! On Inquiry! On OOP! On Delete!
| > > On Sequel! On TimeOut! On Methods Complete!
| > >
| > > His eyes were glazed-over; fingers nimble and lean,
| > > from weekends and nights in front of a 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 "RUN" key,
| > > The system came up and it worked *perfectly*.
| > >
| > > The Updates updated; Deletes, they deleted;
| > > The Inquires inquired, the Closing completed.
| > >
| > > He tested each whistle, and tested each bell
| > > with nary an edit, for 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!"
-- withheld C. L'withheld dcl@clearlight.com http://www.clearlight.com/~dcl