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Impossible Code 
Impossible Code 
To code the impossible code To bring up a virgin machine To pop out of endless recursion To grok what appears on the screen 
To right the unrightable bug To endlessly twiddle and thrash To mount the unmountable magtape To stop the unstoppable crash 
This is my quest To debug that code No matter how hopeless No matter the load To write those routines Without question or pause To be willing to hack FORTRAN IV For a heavenly cause And I know if I'll only be true To this glorious quest That my code will run cuspy and calm When it's put to the test 
And the queue will be better for this 
That one man, scorned and destined to lose Still strove with his last allocation To scrap the unscrappable kludge 
SOF