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   6.2: <a href="#62">"A 3 line diff"</a><br>
 6.1: <a href="#61">"Winter of 95"</a><br>  6.1: <a href="#61">"Winter of 95"</a><br>
 6.0: <a href="#60a">"Another Smash of the Stack"</a>,  6.0: <a href="#60a">"Another Smash of the Stack"</a>,
      <a href="#60b">"Black Hat"</a>,<br>       <a href="#60b">"Black Hat"</a>,<br>
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      <a href="#51c">"Sonate aux insomniaques"</a><br>       <a href="#51c">"Sonate aux insomniaques"</a><br>
 5.0: <a href="#50">"What Me Worry?"</a><br>  5.0: <a href="#50">"What Me Worry?"</a><br>
 4.9: <a href="#49">"The Answer"</a><br>  4.9: <a href="#49">"The Answer"</a><br>
 4.8: <a href="#48">"El Puffiachi"</a><br>  
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   4.8: <a href="#48">"El Puffiachi"</a><br>
 4.7: <a href="#47">"I'm still here"</a><br>  4.7: <a href="#47">"I'm still here"</a><br>
 4.6: <a href="#46">"Planet of the Users"</a><br>  4.6: <a href="#46">"Planet of the Users"</a><br>
 4.5: <a href="#45">"Games"</a><br>  4.5: <a href="#45">"Games"</a><br>
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 The Songs 5.2 - 6.0  The Songs 5.2 - 6.0
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   <h2><a href="62.html">6.2</a>: "A 3 line diff"</h2>
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   1:54 <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/songs/song62.mp3">(MP3 1.7MB)</a>
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   In OpenBSD developer circles few memes carry as strongly as "The 3
   line diff".  This is a humorous warning, but also a true story.  More
   than half the developers ("the new kids") don't know this story but
   still repeat the meme -- it has nearly become apocrypha.
   <p>
   Unfortunately, in software development not all problems are as trivial
   as we think.
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   The event happened at a hackathon in Portugal more than a decade ago.
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   In a eureka moment Art declared he had found a stunningly simple
   solution for a problem long pondered, and he could fix it in 2 -- no
   -- 3 lines.  In the following weeks his change grew larger and larger,
   introducing (or exposing) other problems.  We stood and stared.  It
   was far from a 3 line diff, and was eventually discarded.
   <p>
   I am not writing words of mockery here.  This is a common occurance in
   complex software development.  To do great things, we must reach for
   the sky.  Sometimes we fail, and quite often it is messy.
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   There is of course a danger we'll believe we are invincible, and push
   a change which is too disruptive to others.  For that reason, we
   operate as a team.  We can try to avoid hubris.
   <p>
   Therefore to this day posing a question like "And you can fix the
   problem in 3 lines?" is a humorous way of keeping each other honest.
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   Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,<br>
   A tale of a fateful diff,<br>
   That started on a set of stairs<br>
   Right by a pizza joint.<br>
   <br>
   Art was a mighty coding man,<br>
   And he was mighty sure<br>
   The only change that was required<br>
   Was a three-line diff, a three-line diff.<br>
   <br>
   The coding started getting tough,<br>
   The change began to swell,<br>
   Despite the confidence of the programmers<br>
   The system would then crash,<br>
   the system always crashed.<br>
   <br>
   The simple change became complex<br>
   Just too many things overlooked,<br>
   With Grabowski,<br>
   And the testers too,  <br>
   Theo watching and skeptical<br>
   Miod Vallat,<br>
   And Kettenis, and Dale, and...<br>
   Hacking Grabowski's diff.<br>
   <br>
   So this is a tale of our programmers,<br>
   They've been here for 20 years.<br>
   They'll have to do the best they can,<br>
   It's an endless task.<br>
   <br>
   Grabowski and the others too<br>
   Will do their very best<br>
   To get the changes into prod<br>
   It is an epic slog,<br>
   <br>
   No QEMU, only DDB,<br>
   Not a single luxury,<br>
   Like Ritchie and Thompson did<br>
   It's as primitive as can be<br>
   <br>
   So check a new diff every week,<br>
   Your head is sure to hurt<br>
   While all the puzzled programmers<br>
   Gawk at Grabowski's diff<br>
   <br>
   Working on a marginal diff.<br>
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   <em>
   Lyrics by Carson Harding based upon tale from Theo de Raadt.
   Vocals by Johnny Nordstrom, Chris Wynters, Scott Peters (of Captain Tractor).
   Composition, arrangement, instruments, and recording by Jonathan Lewis.
   This song was released 13 months after 6.2 due to various factors.
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