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Code golf is a game of using fewer characters than your opponent. It's not about execution speed or accuracy, it's all about how compact your code is.

When I was a kid I used to play code golf with my friend. There was a programming language that was very similar to brainfuck, and we used to compete who could write a program that did the most random thing.

The first program I ever wrote in JavaScript was a code golf interpreter. It was a challenge to see if I could write a brainfuck compiler that would fit in a tweet.