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,,,££,,£,£ clerks to  pray to  the "gods"  of their £,££,,££,£
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,£,£££££,, work,  for  a  quick   and   fault  free £,,££££££,
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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.