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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.