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From:
Rick Klement
Date:
March 8, 2002 10:43
Subject:
Re: TPR1 post-mortem
Message ID:
3C890661.F238C2A9@pacbell.net
Adam Spiers wrote:
>
> Stephen Turner (sret1@ntlworld.com) 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.
Not allowed, by the rule:
"When tested, you can assume your script to have file permissions of 0644."
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Rick Klement
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