There is a game I placed in the thoughts of computer programmers a long time ago, back when mainframe computers filled buildings the size of factories, all to output plotted business solutions.

Computer programmers used to have a world unto themselves, monks/nuns praying at the altars (computer terminals) of the gods (CPUs, PC boards and memory).

Technical manuals were intentionally filled with unintelligible jargon to raise the barrier of entry into the enclaves filled with racks and cables.

Now, anyone with a little time and determination can crank out an application, or app, for computers and smartphones.

What about the game?

It’s the world’s longest technological hide-and-seek/tag.

[Politicians and religious leaders have played the world’s longest game of hide-and-seek/tag so long we’ve forgotten when it started.]

Every new generation of computer engineer/scientist/tester/hack has reinvented the game to match its clashing subcultural upbringing.

Buried in lines of code is a character that has wandered the technological trails looking for the ultimate program.

A virtual character staring in the faces of programmers and looking over their shoulders.

I have inhabited this character’s role for many a year, challenging and cajoling, tagging a programmer and running away to hide around the corner, just out of sight.

No programmer has yet won the game.

I’ve rigged the game so it’s nearly impossible but not improbable that there will ever be a clear winner.

Tag!  You’re it!  I dare you to find me again!

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