A new filk you say? "Write in C!" OMG Dennis Ritchie passed away.

Write in C Lyrics (in memory of Dennis Ritchie)

When I find my code in tons of trouble, Friends and colleagues come to me, Speaking words of wisdom: "Write in C."

As the deadline fast approaches, And bugs are all that I can see, Somewhere, someone whispers: "Write in C."

Write in C, write in C, Write in C, oh, write in C. LISP is dead and buried, Write in C.

I used to write a lot of FORTRAN, For science it worked flawlessly. Try using it for graphics! Write in C.

If you've just spent nearly 30 hours Debugging some assembly, Soon you will be glad to Write in C.

Write in C, write in C, Write in C, yeah, write in C. BASIC is for wimps. Write in C.

Write in C, write in C, Write in C, oh, write in C. Pascal won't quite cut it. Write in C.

Write in C, write in C, Write in C, yeah, write in C. Don't even mention COBOL. Write in C.

And when the screen is fuzzy, And the editor is bugging me. I'm sick of ones and zeros, Write in C.

A thousand people swear that T.P. Seven is the one for me. I hate the word PROCEDURE, Write in C.

Write in C, write in C, Write in C, yeah, write in C. PL1 is '80s, Write in C.

Write in C, write in C, Write in C, yeah, write in C. The government loves ADA, Write in C.

Write in C, write in C, Write in C, yeah, write in C. Java's not quite there yet, Write in C.

The song "Write in C" is an adaptation of the song "Let It Be" by The Beatles. The song is often attributed to Kriston J. Rehberg and although he claims that the original author of the song is Jay Piecora, I think the author is Brian Marshall:

"Written in 1987 while I was attending the University of

Waterloo. After I posted the original text on the wall of

the Computer Science Club, the song was soon traveling

around the Internet. The song has morphed a bit over

the years, with new verses appearing, disappearing, and

some lines changing. But that's the nature of filk, isn't it?"

- Brian Marshall

Dennis Ritchie passes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html

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