Very funny!

And all I can see as I close my eyes is the picture of the SqC team surrounding the Alice Bunny and Drum!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIME :bparsia at email.unc.edu > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 8:00 PM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Syntax Silliness
> > > I'm not sure when Congress passed this, by I've come to the > conclusion that
> Feburary is also now the official "Silly Language-Whine Troll > Month". The
> months not half over and there's been two "whitespace" trolls in
> comp.lang.python, one strange anti-Smalltalk rant in same, an > infix war in
> comp.lang.scheme, a control-flow tussle in comp.lang.lisp, and the
> delightful "Squeak Syntax/Smalltalk-2000" threads on the Squeak group.
> > <sigh/>It's probably that dang groundhog's fault.
> > But since I can only take it seriously in vicious private email, I've
> sublimated my bellicose desires into a little musical offering that
> shouldn't put a *thing* into perspective, except the > plausibility of my
> being the victim of secret government testing.
> > ...and I'm not even sleep deprived. Though, the flu! yes, the > flu made me
> do it! And total lack of social sense made me post it!
> > Enjoy.
> > (WARNING FOR HUMOR DEFICIENT PENDANTS: Reality, argument, > truth, and sense
> were all subordinated to finding a rhyme and the odd weak pun ;))
> > To the tune of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
> > It was twenty years ago this year
> Dr. Alan brought Nirvana near,
> It's been going in and out of style
> but it's guaranteed to make you smile.
> So may I introduce to you
> The "lang" you've know for all these years
> Dr. Alan's Smalltalk Squeakin' Band.
> > (chorus)
> We're Dr. Alan's Smalltalk Squeakin' Band
> We always send the Transcript #show:
> Dr. Alan's Smalltalk Squeaking Band
> Sit back and let the objects flow.
> Dr. Alan's Smalltalk, Dr. Alan's Smalltalk,
> Dr. Alan's Smalltalk Squeakin' Band
> > It's wonderful to program, it's certainly a thrill.
> It's such a nice environment
> We hope it's soon ubiquitous
> In everybody's home!
> > I don't really want to stop the show,
> But I thought you might like to know,
> That the syntax simply won't go wrong,
> If you take the time to get along.
> > So let me introduce to you
> The one and only IDEeeeeeee
> of Dr. Alan's Smalltalk Squeakin' Band.
> > > Cheers,
> Bijan Parsia.
> > > > >