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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 £,,£,£,££,
£,£,£,,£,£ the problem  on a  hilbert plane,  which £,££,£,,£,
£,£,£,££,£ 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 #~~     £,,£,£,££,
£,£,£,,£,£   ~~# left alone during their work #~~   £,££,£,,£,
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£,£,£,,£,£   ~~# offer a cup of steaming tea #~~    £,££,£,,£,
£,£,£,££,£    ~~# 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.