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00100 ALGOL 68
00200
00300
00400 Read our report if you can,
00500 Read at your own chosen speed.
00600 It's not the one you wanted, boys.
00700 It's not the one you need.
00800 You say you're looking for a book
00900 Not too thick and always clear
01000 To guide you and protect you
01100 From all the bugs you fear.
01200 A book to open each and every door.
01300 But it ain't ours, boys.
01400 No, no, no, it ain't ours boys,
01500 It ain't ours you're looking for, boys.
01600
01700 Go back and code in Fortran, boys.
01800 Cobol, it is for you,
01900 Think not of Algol 68,
02000 PL/I will have to do.
02100 You say you want a new Algol,
02200 From which you'll never part
02300 That will compile quite rapidly
02400 And run fast from the start,
02500 A syntax you can learn and teach,
02600 But it ain't ours, boys.
02700 No, no, no, it ain't ours boys,
02800 It ain't ours you'll ever reach, boys.
02900
03000 Go melt back in the night, TC2.
03100 Everything inside is carved in stone,
03200 There are no changes to be made,
03300 And anyway, we'll soon be gone.
03400 You say you're looking for a group
03500 Who'll fix each bug you find,
03600 To maintain this Algol constantly
03700 And keep it on their mind.
03800 A lover for your life and nothing more,
03900 But it ain't us, boys.
04000 No, no, no, it ain't us boys.
04100 It ain't us you'll ever find, boys.