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1A computer called Illiac4
2Had a rather tough bug in its core.
3	It chewed up its cards
4	And spewed yards and yards
5Of illegible tape on the floor.
6%
7A computer, to print out a fact,
8Will divide, multiply, and subtract.
9	But this output can be
10	No more than debris,
11If the input was short of exact.
12		-- Gigo
13%
14A dreary young bank clerk named Fennis
15Wished to foster an aura of menace;
16	To make people afraid
17	He wore gloves of grey suede
18And white footgear intended for tennis.
19		-- Edward Gorey
20%
21A hacker who screwed a mag tape
22Was caught and convicted of rape.
23	To jail he did go,
24	From which, to his woe
25He couldn't get out with ESC.
26%
27A linguist thought it a farce
28That memory space was so sparse.
29	One day they increased it.
30	Said he as he seized it:
31"At last! Enough core for the parse".
32%
33A progressive professor named Winners
34Held classes each evening for sinners.
35	They were graded and spaced
36	So the vile and debased
37Would not be held back by beginners.
38%
39A very intelligent turtle
40Found programming UNIX a hurdle
41	The system, you see,
42	Ran as slow as did he,
43And that's not saying much for the turtle.
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