The following pastiche is best read while listening to Jimmy Vaughan‘s studio version of Six Strings Down, with suitable apologies to all parts:
Yal'-N-U-S,
In the middle of the term
string_map_down
Intro C-S in germ
Got a disk, a pad, berries in our bag
Ain't gonna cut O-Caml no slack
String get dot called
Another char-acter at home
See the tutorial
Control-h t read
Auto 'pleting for you coder
Welcome to the breed
U-nit testin'
Ditto nar-rating
Emacs, Meta and Control
Been boostin' all our learnin'
String get dot called
Another char-acter at home
Lo, get called
Another char-acter at home
Edsger Dijk-stra up there
Alan and Robin too
John Reynolds and Landin
Control-x m
Backus, Naur, Curry, Church
Christo-pher Strachey and John Mc-Car-thy
String get dot called
Another char-acter at home
Lo, get called
Another char-acter at home
Lo, get called
Another char-acter at home
Get called
Another char-acter at home
The fourth wall (wistfully): Last night, I dreamed of Stevie Ray Vaughan interpreting “Six Strings Down”.The fifth wall: Sounds heavenly.The fourth wall: Twas.The fifth wall: Was it solo?The fourth: Actually no. He was playing with Art Neville.Jimmy Vaughan: What a beautiful dream.Mimer: Mr. Vaughan, thanks for coming by!