Whippif (the song)
December 9, 2005
Roscoe, NY
People get so accustomed to codenames (like "Avalon") that when the product finally gets some boring official IBM-ish name (like "Windows Presentation Foundation") the whole mystique is shattered. No-one wants to give up the codename, least of all the the people who have built the thing. Chris Anderson originated the joke that WPF is really pronounced "Avalon." (The WPF is silent.)
Trouble is, we're going to have to start calling it "WPF," and I'm afraid that WPF sounds like "whippif" to me, and that brings to mind the famous Devo song.
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Get it done A-SAP That XAML hack Breaks the camel's back When a project comes along You must Whippif When your client wants it strong You must Whippif When WinForms is all wrong You must Whippif Now Whippif Use a Shape Data bind Template Go forward Navigate UI too dull? Just animate! And Whippif Whippif good When some good code starts to fail You must Whippif Set Dispatcher on its tail It's all in Whippif No one gets to bail Until they Whippif I say Whippif Whippif good etc... |
Now how the hell am I supposed to get any work done with that going through my head?