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The computer scientist Donald Knuth proved that the song has complexity in his in-joke-article "The Complexity of Songs".

Computer programs exist to output the lyrics to the song. This is analogous to "Hello World" programs, with the addition of loops. As with "Hello World", this can be a practice exercise for those studying computer programming, and a demonstration of the differences between programming languages.

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