A bitmore about me -- profile limit is 1000 letters.

Page last updated 01 Jan 2011, by Harry Weston. 0 replies narcissism

For much of my working life I taught computer programming at an English University, and in 1993 I wrote this parody of John Masefield when I should have been doing something useful:

C Fever

I must get down to some C again, and let the admin lie,
And all I ask is my old PC and a mouse to steer her by,
And the key's click, and the beep's song, and strong coffee making,
And the grey mist on the screen's face, and grey thoughts breaking.

I must get down to some C again, for the call of the curly bracket
Is a wild call and a clear call and I know I cannot hack it,
And all I ask is 'error free' and the cursor flying,
And no hung prog, and no failed run, and the C bird's crying.

I must get down to some C again, to the vagrant gyp-C life,
But -- it's set this now and mark that next, and deadlines cut like a knife,
And all I ask is a bit more time, 'cos Linking takes for ever,
And a quiet doze in front of the screen when the last run's over.

Now mbed makes it so much easier, thank you, thank you ...

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