Will you C & C a new cinquain poem Coding for LC's database poem?

* I was debugging an Assembler Language program, and it returned with no heading. The code was right, it was just in the wrong line of code and was over written.

* While working heavily in COBOL I was at an ice cream store with my (then) fiance. I saw a sign and wondered why they had written it in COBOL. I chuckled, then laughed at myself. The sign said:

On ramp closed

use Grossmont Blvd.

The condition and the solution, not COBOL at all, just too much tutoring and studying it.

* I received a Yahtzee game from a friend who had not backed up the game before playing it. I spent many nights going through the code (at that time I had the tools) and working on the math to get it to work. One night it was perfect. Everything worked. I saved it as yahtzee.bak then used the yahtzee.com file to play the game. Created a batch file to over write the ".com" file with the ".bak" file and zeroed the scores. Many people got a copy of the three files and played them. The thinkin

The thinking person's no-brainer game... :-)

There are so many great answers that I am delighted. We techno-geeks do have our days. It was a lot of fun for me to write because of the memories of coding, which I enjoyed.

Application programming has changed significantly since I was coding. With the advent of Visual tools it took the fun out of it for me, but it simplified writing code for a lot of people. Logic was not required since the code blocks were already written, you simply had to pick what object you wanted. However, at the system's level, it is still fun.

I appreciate the advice and comments from all of you.

tori

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I loved TBO's 1's and 0's walking about the ceiling. Gene, what a delightful response; a real cliff hanger -- exactly how I felt every time I compiled and ran a program. HH, I look forward to your event driven coding poem! Really! Thanks, B.C., I didn't know you were a techno geek either, but going back to the ENIAC shows you do know. LC, I'll hang out with you anyday! We can recompile to our hearts' content. Tigger, you have been there. I got so tired of the all-nighter's fixing systems, and you know how that is. Hey Dallas, you remind me of the time I finally understood that not everyone wanted to know HOW it worked, just that it worked. Thanks, Billy. I think this poem shows my background too. Ben, I checked carefully to be sure there were no "that's" in the poem. I'm getting paranoid about it. Dear Elf Monkey, thanks so much! Thank you Gigi, glad I could clear something up for you. Thanks Bethany, I appreciate your new understanding.

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Thanks Jess and Lemonade. I'm glad you each got a new understanding of what makes a program, and sometimes a poem, work.

Thank you all for your support and enjoyment.

Merry Christmas (or joyous holiday, no matter what you celebrate) and a healthy, wealthy new year to you.

Tori