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,£££,£,,££ calculations in a short amount  of time. ,£,,£,,££,
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£,£,,,,£,£     ««# 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.