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,£,£,££,£, the futures, and in some ways even  now. ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£, 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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,£,£,££,£, is  then  folded  out  of  causality, so ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£, that  daemons   can  solve  the  problem ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,   without affecting real life. (these    ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£, daemons  are  under  contract  with  the ££,£,£,££,
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££,£,,£,£,                                          ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,   it's commonplace for programmers and   ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£, clerks to  pray  to the  "gods" of their ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£, computer, or  to  the daemons  doing the ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£, work,  for   a  quick  and   fault  free ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,                operation.                ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£,                                          ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,      some ubiquitous and generally       ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£,    non-controversial rituals include:    ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,                                          ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£,      ==# light a scented candle #==      ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,        ==# for quiet and calm #==        ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£,                                          ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,     ==# recite a mantra or other #==     ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£,    ==# reassuring message to make #==    ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,     ==# the computer comfortable #==     ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£,            ==# and at ease #==           ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,                                          ,£,£,£,,£,
££,£,,£,£,     ==# some like to say a brief #==     ££,£,£,££,
,£,£,££,£,     ==# prayer for solace, to be #==     ,£,£,£,,£,
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,£,£,££,£,     ==# or a meal to the machines #==    ,£,£,£,,£,
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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.