An Ancient and Apocryphal Story put to verse. Damned if I can find any reference to it any more…
How to write an OS
I relate a story for skeptical ears
Of an ancient OS from Russia
Hand written by soviet engineers
Space-Race providing the pressure
Of note was their novel error cascade
Supplying the reasons for failure
Recognising computer faults they made
With Warnings increasingly Dire
The final error on their fateful list
Most worrying of all in their verse
The list of errors ended with this:
Something is Wrong with the Universe