and there was much rejoicing

Acknowledgement of a notable accomplishment. Something long-awaited, widely
desired, possibly unexpected but secretly wished-for, with a suggestion that
something about the problem (and perhaps the steps necessary to make it go
away) was deeply disturbing to hacker sensibilities. In person, the phrase
is almost invariably pronounced with the same portentious intonation as the
movie. The customary in-person (approving) response is a weak and
halfhearted Yaaaay... , with one index finger raised like a flag and moved
in a small circle. The reason for this, like most of the Monty Python oeuvre
, cannot easily be explained outside its original context. Example:
changelog entry #436: with the foo driver brain damage taken care of,
finally obsoleted BROKEN_EVIL_KLUDGE. Removed from source tree. (And there
was much rejoicing).

