(to the tune of
fifty ways to leave your lover, of course)
The problem's all inside your
code she said to me;
Recursion is easy if you take it logically.
I'm here to help you if you're struggling to learn
C,
There must be fifty ways to
hose your code.
She said it's really not my habit to include,
And I hope my files won't be lost or misconstrued;
But I'll recompile at the risk of getting screwed,
There must be fifty ways to hose your code.
Just blow up the
stack Jack,
Make a bad call Paul,
Just hit the wrong key Lee,
And set your pointers free.
Just mess up the
bus Gus,
You don't need to recurse much,
You just listen to me...
She said it grieves me to see you compile again.
I wish there were some
hardware that wasn't such a pain.
I said I appreciate that and could you please explain,
About the fifty ways.
She said why don't we both just work on it tonight,
And I'm sure in the morning it'll be working just right.
Then she hosed me and I realized she probably was right,
There must be fifty ways to hose your code.
Just lose the address Les,
Clear the wrong
Int Clint,
Traverse the wrong tree Lee,
And set your list free.
Just mess up the bus Gus,
You don't need to recurse much,
You just program in C.
--(unattributed, unless you know who it is)