Filk: Fogarty's Code

[Jeff Urs]

Only the name has been changed, to protect the guilty...

Fogarty's Code
ttto "Fogarty's Cove", by Stan Rogers

I've just caught sight of the evening light, fading from the hallway,
But for all I know this summer day has seen a full foot of snow;
It's field test time, we're a bit behind, just the same as always --
Tonight, again, I'm gonna go down in Fogarty's code.

Now Fogarty, who's long-retired, his code is like spaghetti,
With data stuffed in ev'ry odd space and nearly untraceable flow;
Among us all, there's not a soul who's liable to forget he
Might tangle with insanity down in Fogarty's code.

Chorus:
We will walk along each storage chain, watch each branch that's taken,
Till we find the logic finally plain down in Fogarty's code.
We will walk along each storage chain, watch each branch that's taken,
Till we find the logic finally plain down in Fogarty's code.

I'd cry each time it fell to me to delve there deep within it,
I'd go and get a government job or dig up a different role,
But in this there's strength, as I plumb the depths, to bear each
awful minute:
We're gonna do it over, write it all in C, down in Fogarty's code.

[Chorus]

--
Jeff