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