Some Light Relief—Hatless Atlas
Here's a cheery song that was written by top programmer David H. Zobel and circulated on the Internet for more than a while. It's sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, but to sing it you have to know how some programmers pronounce the shifted and control characters on a keyboard. The “^” character above the “6” is often pronounced “hat” because it looks like a little hat. Some people give the name “huh” to “?”, and “wow” to “!”. Both of those are a lot shorter than more conventional names.
The song is called Hatless Atlas and it goes like this.
^ < @ < . @ * |
Hat less at less point at star, |
} " _ # | |
backbrace double base pound space bar. |
- @ $ & / _ % |
Dash at cash and slash base ... |
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