With MathWorks Crew did Moler Khan

After the SIAM Annual meeting in Boston, Coleridge's alter ego stopped by at The MathWorks for a visit, with the following result. The term "khan" in lower case means "leader of the tribe" in Mongolian. The tribe in this case consists of The MathWorkers.

Xanadu, by Coleridge       With MathWorks crew did Moler khan by T. D.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
     
With MathWorks Crew did Moler khan
A state-free backslash code decree :
Where MATLAB, speedy package, ran
Through archives measureless to man
Writ down in bugless C.

 

 


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