The imbalance had
remained constant since then. Either the problem had been fixed, or it
was still there and might or might not happen again.
Naturally, the previous programmer hadn't bothered to keep a log or
make comments in the programs. Typical. Oliver was used to cleaning up
after other programmers. In fact, their mistakes were the source of
half his work. Still, it annoyed him that they didn't take time to do
the job right; comments made life easier for everyone.
On Friday, he told Dan that he didn't think he could find the problem.
"Not unless it starts happening again."
"It's not worth spending any more time on it," Dan said.
"What will the auditors do?"
"I don't know. Fudge it, probably. Create some kind of miscellaneous
adjustment account. We'll see. Oh, we got a package from IBM--looks
like another operating system release."
"No sweat," Oliver said. "I'll install it after the month-end
run--midnight, the 31st."
"I'll put it in the cabinet in the computer room," Dan said.
Oliver took care of loose ends until noon and waited for Suzanne to
drive away. Half an hour later, she met him at her door. They clung to
each other silently and then stepped inside.
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