Ode to IBM Rational Rhapsody

Ode to Rhapsody

to the tune of “Comme d’habitude” / “My Way”

And now,  the end is here
And so I face, the final codegen
My friend, I’ll say it clear
I state my Use Case, I’ll draw a Lifeline
I’ve declared a class that’s pure
I created each and every dependency
And more, much more than this, I did it in Rhapsody

And now,  the end is here
And so I face, the final codegen
My friend, I’ll say it clear
I state my Use Case, I’ll draw a Lifeline
I’ve declared a class that’s pure
I created each and every dependency
And more, much more than this, I did it in Rhapsody

Branches, I’ve merged a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without testing
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the activity
And more, much more than this, I did it in Rhapsody

Yes there were times, I’m sure you’ll mention
When I lost my rag, adding functions
But through it all, there is still doubt
Should it be In, InOut or Out
I chose them all, I felt small, I did it in Rhapsody

I’ve waited, I’ve waited and cried
I’ve had my fill, my share of generating
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think, I did all that
And may I sat, not in an efficient way
Oh no, oh no not me, I did it in Rhapsody

For what is a shared pointer, what has it got
If not newed, then it should be nought
To be the thing it truly feels, must be cast dynamically
The model grows, the model slows, I did it in Rhapsody

Yes, it was Rhapsody

P.S. The etymology of Rhapsody leads us back to Greece; rhaptein ‘to stitch’ + ōidē ‘song, ode’.