Stephen Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I've looked quickly at all the entries up to 55 strokes, and identified the
> following methods for difficult bits of the problem. Apologies for errors
> and omissions!

A nice summary :-)

> Methods for looping:
[...]
> `$^X $0`                  (Stephen-54)

I considered this recursive approach too but never got anything
decent.  The rules were maybe slightly vague on this intricacy, but
couldn't you have shaved two off with this?

  `./$0`

It would have passed the test program, and run fine from the
command-line via `perl secret.pl', but not via `./secret.pl' :-)
Don't know whether the judges would have accepted it.

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