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£,,£,,,,,, its job  is to do vast  amounts of small ,£,££,,£,,
,£,,£,,,,, calculations in a short amount  of time. ,,,£££,,£,
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£,,£,,£,,, most  work on  the principles of  posing ,,,,,£££,,
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£,,£,,£,,£ that  daemons  can   solve  the  problem ££,,,,,£,£
££,,£,,£,,   without affecting real life. (these    £££,,,,,,£
,££,,£,,£, daemons  are  under  contract  with  the £,££,,,,,£
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,,,,,£££,, computer,  or to the  daemons  doing the ,££,,,£££,
,,,,,£,££, work,  for   a  quick  and  fault   free ,£££,,£,££
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,,£££,,,,,                                          ,££,,£,££,
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£,,,£££,,,        ««# for quiet and calm #««        ,£,££,,£,£
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,£££,,£,££    ««# reassuring message to make #««    ££,,,£££,,
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,,,£££,,£,           ««# and at ease #««            £,££,,,£££
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,£££,,,£££   ««# left alone during their work #««   ££,,£,££,,
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,,,£££,,,£    ««# offer a cup of steaming tea #««   ,£££,,£,££
£,,£,££,,£     ««# or a meal to the machines #««    ,£,££,,,££
££,,,£££,,     ««# (sometimes, by fey rules, #««    ,,,£££,,£,
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           would    you    consider    code    golf           
           to     be     a    kind    of    prayer?           
           as    in,   you   make   a   convoluted,           
           intricate,   beautiful,   and    useless           
           artifact.  as   in,  you're  using  your           
           skills    to    ask    for    something,           
                                                              
           ...i'd   ask  for  a  handful  of  bugs?           
                                                              
           code    has   bugs,    lots    of    it.