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£,,£,,£,£, its  job is to  do vast amounts of small ,££,,,,£,£
£,££,£££££ calculations in  a short amount of time. £,£,,,£££,
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,£,£££,££, that  daemons  can   solve  the  problem £,£,£,£££,
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,,£,£,£££, 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 ,,££££,,££
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£,,£,,£,£,       some ubiquitous and generally      ,£,£,,,£,£
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£,£££,,£££        ~~# 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 #~~     ,££,£,,£,£
£,,,,,,£££   ~~# left alone during their work #~~   £,£££,££££
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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.