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,£,£££,,,, calculations in a short amount  of time. £,,££,£££,
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£,£,,£,,££ that   daemons  can  solve  the  problem ,££,,£££,,
£££,££,£,,   without affecting real life. (these    £,£,£,,£,£
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,£,,,,££££ clerks to pray  to the  "gods"  of their ,£,,,,££,£
££,,,£,,,, computer, or  to the  daemons  doing the ££,,,£,£££
,£,,££,,,£ work,   for   a  quick  and  fault  free ,£,,£££,,,
££,£,£,,££                operation.                ££,£,,£,,,
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£,,££,,,,,                                          ££££,,,£,£
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,,£,£,,£,£    ~~# reassuring message to make #~~    ,,£,£,,£,,
,££££,££££     ~~# the computer comfortable #~~     ,££££,££,,
£,,,££,,,,            ~~# and at ease #~~           £,,,££,£,,
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£,££££,,,,     ~~# some like to say a brief #~~     £,£££,,££,
££,,,£,,,,     ~~# prayer for solace, to be #~~     ££,,£,£,££
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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.