PWC 393's tasks are "Pythagoras Multiplied" and "Prime Steps". As much as I hate the band, when I saw "steps", I thought of Gimmie Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Then I remembered three is a prime number.
sigh. Sometimes the songs pick themselves.
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sigh. Sometimes the songs pick themselves.
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Perl Weekly Challenge: The Water Fell on the Floor! | Packy’s Place
sigh. Sometimes the songs pick themselves.
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September 30, 2026 at 4:21 AM
PWC 393's tasks are "Pythagoras Multiplied" and "Prime Steps". As much as I hate the band, when I saw "steps", I thought of Gimmie Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Then I remembered three is a prime number.
sigh. Sometimes the songs pick themselves.
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sigh. Sometimes the songs pick themselves.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge 377's tasks are "Reverse Existence" and "Prefix Suffix".
Hmmm. Reverse. What does "reverse" make me think of musically? The existence of this song.
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Hmmm. Reverse. What does "reverse" make me think of musically? The existence of this song.
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Perl Weekly Challenge: They run and hide their heads / They might as well be dead… | Packy’s Place
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June 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 377's tasks are "Reverse Existence" and "Prefix Suffix".
Hmmm. Reverse. What does "reverse" make me think of musically? The existence of this song.
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Hmmm. Reverse. What does "reverse" make me think of musically? The existence of this song.
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Perl Weekly Challenge 386's tasks are "Reverse Base" and "Rational Numbers".
I figured, since both tasks are all about Algebra, we should listen to some Tom Lehrer.
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I figured, since both tasks are all about Algebra, we should listen to some Tom Lehrer.
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Perl Weekly Challenge: We’re Talkin’ Algebra | Packy’s Place
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August 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 386's tasks are "Reverse Base" and "Rational Numbers".
I figured, since both tasks are all about Algebra, we should listen to some Tom Lehrer.
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I figured, since both tasks are all about Algebra, we should listen to some Tom Lehrer.
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Perl Weekly Challenge 379's tasks are "Reverse String" and "Armstrong Number".
So, I think for music this week, I'll give you a number by Armstrong.
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So, I think for music this week, I'll give you a number by Armstrong.
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Perl Weekly Challenge: I see strings reversed… sum numbers, too… | Packy’s Place
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June 23, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 379's tasks are "Reverse String" and "Armstrong Number".
So, I think for music this week, I'll give you a number by Armstrong.
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So, I think for music this week, I'll give you a number by Armstrong.
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Perl Weekly Challenge 378's tasks are "Second Largest Digit" and "Sum of Words".
I blame, er, thank my wife for this music selection...
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I blame, er, thank my wife for this music selection...
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Perl Weekly Challenge: ‘Cause I’d Already Know | Packy’s Place
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June 17, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 378's tasks are "Second Largest Digit" and "Sum of Words".
I blame, er, thank my wife for this music selection...
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I blame, er, thank my wife for this music selection...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Go hang a salami, I’m a lasagna hog!
Perl Weekly Challenge 392's tasks are "Convert Palindrome" and "Words Length Product".
If we want music with palindromes, you can't do much better than "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Bob".
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Perl Weekly Challenge 392's tasks are "Convert Palindrome" and "Words Length Product".
If we want music with palindromes, you can't do much better than "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Bob".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
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September 24, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge: Go hang a salami, I’m a lasagna hog!
Perl Weekly Challenge 392's tasks are "Convert Palindrome" and "Words Length Product".
If we want music with palindromes, you can't do much better than "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Bob".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge 392's tasks are "Convert Palindrome" and "Words Length Product".
If we want music with palindromes, you can't do much better than "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Bob".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
No music this week, I'm just jumping into the tasks, "Range Sum" and "Nearest Valid Point". So let's dive into Perl Weekly Challenge 334.
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Perl Weekly Challenge: SUMone tell me what makes a point VALID? | Packy’s Place
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August 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
No music this week, I'm just jumping into the tasks, "Range Sum" and "Nearest Valid Point". So let's dive into Perl Weekly Challenge 334.
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#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
How's this for Task 1 of the 323rd Perl Weekly Challenge? (Note that this is extremely WAT and should never be done in real code.)
use MONKEY-SEE-NO-EVAL;
my @operations = ("--x", "x++", "x++");
my \x = $(0);
.EVAL for @operations;
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use MONKEY-SEE-NO-EVAL;
my @operations = ("--x", "x++", "x++");
my \x = $(0);
.EVAL for @operations;
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May 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
How's this for Task 1 of the 323rd Perl Weekly Challenge? (Note that this is extremely WAT and should never be done in real code.)
use MONKEY-SEE-NO-EVAL;
my @operations = ("--x", "x++", "x++");
my \x = $(0);
.EVAL for @operations;
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use MONKEY-SEE-NO-EVAL;
my @operations = ("--x", "x++", "x++");
my \x = $(0);
.EVAL for @operations;
#RakuLang #PerlWeeklyChallenge
Perl Challenge: Shift to low gear, a $50 fine my friend!
I'm making another entry backfilling the challenges I missed while my mother was dying; I'm doing these in her honor.
PWC 297's tasks were "Contiguous Array" and "Semi-Ordered Permutation".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
I'm making another entry backfilling the challenges I missed while my mother was dying; I'm doing these in her honor.
PWC 297's tasks were "Contiguous Array" and "Semi-Ordered Permutation".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
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June 26, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Perl Challenge: Shift to low gear, a $50 fine my friend!
I'm making another entry backfilling the challenges I missed while my mother was dying; I'm doing these in her honor.
PWC 297's tasks were "Contiguous Array" and "Semi-Ordered Permutation".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
I'm making another entry backfilling the challenges I missed while my mother was dying; I'm doing these in her honor.
PWC 297's tasks were "Contiguous Array" and "Semi-Ordered Permutation".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: The World Turned Upside Down!
Perl Weekly Challenge 382's tasks are "Hamiltonian Cycle" and "Replace Question Mark".
I knew I needed to use a song from Hamilton: An American Musical...
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Perl Weekly Challenge 382's tasks are "Hamiltonian Cycle" and "Replace Question Mark".
I knew I needed to use a song from Hamilton: An American Musical...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
packy.dardan.com/b/uP
Perl Weekly Challenge: The World Turned Upside Down! | Packy’s Place
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July 16, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge: The World Turned Upside Down!
Perl Weekly Challenge 382's tasks are "Hamiltonian Cycle" and "Replace Question Mark".
I knew I needed to use a song from Hamilton: An American Musical...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
packy.dardan.com/b/uP
Perl Weekly Challenge 382's tasks are "Hamiltonian Cycle" and "Replace Question Mark".
I knew I needed to use a song from Hamilton: An American Musical...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
packy.dardan.com/b/uP
Perl Weekly Challenge 367's tasks are "Max Odd Binary" and "Conflict Events". Since my wife won't let me forget I'm part of "the Phil Collins set"1, let's lean into it and say this week's musical theme is Against All Odds.
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#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Conflicting Every Odd | Packy’s Place
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March 31, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Perl Weekly Challenge 367's tasks are "Max Odd Binary" and "Conflict Events". Since my wife won't let me forget I'm part of "the Phil Collins set"1, let's lean into it and say this week's musical theme is Against All Odds.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
In this post, I'm starting to go back and filling in the challenges I missed in 2024-2025 when my mother was hospitalized and dying. Perl Weekly Challenge 295's tasks were "Word Break" and "Jump Game".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: I’ve got my back against the Turing machine… | Packy’s Place
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May 24, 2026 at 5:08 AM
In this post, I'm starting to go back and filling in the challenges I missed in 2024-2025 when my mother was hospitalized and dying. Perl Weekly Challenge 295's tasks were "Word Break" and "Jump Game".
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge 347's tasks are formatting dates and phone numbers, so I'm offering up ELO's Telephone Line as this week's musical theme.
Doo-wop, doo-be-doo-doo-wop, doo-wah, doo-languages...
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Doo-wop, doo-be-doo-doo-wop, doo-wah, doo-languages...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Oh, oh, formatted strings, give me some thing… | Packy’s Place
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November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 347's tasks are formatting dates and phone numbers, so I'm offering up ELO's Telephone Line as this week's musical theme.
Doo-wop, doo-be-doo-doo-wop, doo-wah, doo-languages...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Doo-wop, doo-be-doo-doo-wop, doo-wah, doo-languages...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
PWC 362's tasks are Echo Chamber (which made me think maybe I should pick something by Echo and the Bunnymen) and Spellbound Sorting.
Spellbound? …yeah, I had to give you the song by Siouxsie and The Banshees. Because this task took the most time…
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Spellbound? …yeah, I had to give you the song by Siouxsie and The Banshees. Because this task took the most time…
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: You Have No Choice | Packy’s Place
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February 26, 2026 at 3:40 AM
PWC 362's tasks are Echo Chamber (which made me think maybe I should pick something by Echo and the Bunnymen) and Spellbound Sorting.
Spellbound? …yeah, I had to give you the song by Siouxsie and The Banshees. Because this task took the most time…
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Spellbound? …yeah, I had to give you the song by Siouxsie and The Banshees. Because this task took the most time…
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge 375's tasks are "Single Common Word" and "Find K-Beauty".
🤔 Ok, I'm free-associating here, but the "K" and "Beauty" made me think of Carol King and Beautiful.
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🤔 Ok, I'm free-associating here, but the "K" and "Beauty" made me think of Carol King and Beautiful.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
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Perl Weekly Challenge: You’ve got to get up every morning… | Packy’s Place
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May 26, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 375's tasks are "Single Common Word" and "Find K-Beauty".
🤔 Ok, I'm free-associating here, but the "K" and "Beauty" made me think of Carol King and Beautiful.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
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🤔 Ok, I'm free-associating here, but the "K" and "Beauty" made me think of Carol King and Beautiful.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
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Perl Weekly Challenge 355's tasks are "Thousand Separator" and "Mountain Array". I barely got to thinking "What music am I going to pair with these tasks?" when my brain started playing on loop:
Oh to live on Sugar Mountain...
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Oh to live on Sugar Mountain...
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packy.dardan.com/b/hD
Perl Weekly Challenge: Oh to live on Array Mountain… | Packy’s Place
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January 6, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 355's tasks are "Thousand Separator" and "Mountain Array". I barely got to thinking "What music am I going to pair with these tasks?" when my brain started playing on loop:
Oh to live on Sugar Mountain...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
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Oh to live on Sugar Mountain...
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
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Perl Weekly Challenge 366's tasks are "Count Prefixes" and "Valid Times". When I looked at the second task, and I saw how the times were changin', I needed to listen to some Robert Allen Zimmerman.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: The Times They Are A-Countin’ | Packy’s Place
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March 24, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Perl Weekly Challenge 366's tasks are "Count Prefixes" and "Valid Times". When I looked at the second task, and I saw how the times were changin', I needed to listen to some Robert Allen Zimmerman.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
This week's challenge is about straight lines and duplicate zeros, so let's jump to the end of the line and listen to some musicians who were decidedly not zeroes.
So let's live the life we please with Perl Weekly Challenge 333.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
So let's live the life we please with Perl Weekly Challenge 333.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Zero is Not the End of the Line | Packy’s Place
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August 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This week's challenge is about straight lines and duplicate zeros, so let's jump to the end of the line and listen to some musicians who were decidedly not zeroes.
So let's live the life we please with Perl Weekly Challenge 333.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
So let's live the life we please with Perl Weekly Challenge 333.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
The tasks for PWC 344 both have names that talk about being arrays, and nothing musically jumped out at me relating to arrays. So I started free-associating: arrays -> rays -> sunshine, and sunshine made me think of The Beatles.
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#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: A-ray Sunshine! | Packy’s Place
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October 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The tasks for PWC 344 both have names that talk about being arrays, and nothing musically jumped out at me relating to arrays. So I started free-associating: arrays -> rays -> sunshine, and sunshine made me think of The Beatles.
packy.dardan.com/b/ct
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
packy.dardan.com/b/ct
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
The show my wife is currently performing in is Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, so the music I used is "Something Just Broke"...
But everybody's got the right to be happy, and this week, what makes me happy is Perl Weekly Challenge 341.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
But everybody's got the right to be happy, and this week, what makes me happy is Perl Weekly Challenge 341.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Something just BROKE… | Packy’s Place
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October 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The show my wife is currently performing in is Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, so the music I used is "Something Just Broke"...
But everybody's got the right to be happy, and this week, what makes me happy is Perl Weekly Challenge 341.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
But everybody's got the right to be happy, and this week, what makes me happy is Perl Weekly Challenge 341.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Even though PWC 352's tasks "Match String" and "Binary Prefix" ought to have been fertile ground for a musical theme related to the tasks, because of a certain someone's 100th birthday celebration, I couldn't think of anything but The Doodlin' Song.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Doodling with matches and prefixes | Packy’s Place
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December 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Even though PWC 352's tasks "Match String" and "Binary Prefix" ought to have been fertile ground for a musical theme related to the tasks, because of a certain someone's 100th birthday celebration, I couldn't think of anything but The Doodlin' Song.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
PWC 343 starts with "Zero Friend" (which made me think of Carole King), but with task two being "Champion Team", I couldn't pick any music besides We Are The Champions by Queen.
So now let's hope I don't make any bad mistakes while tackling PWC 343!
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
So now let's hope I don't make any bad mistakes while tackling PWC 343!
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Ze-ro the CHAMPIONS! | Packy’s Place
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October 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
PWC 343 starts with "Zero Friend" (which made me think of Carole King), but with task two being "Champion Team", I couldn't pick any music besides We Are The Champions by Queen.
So now let's hope I don't make any bad mistakes while tackling PWC 343!
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
So now let's hope I don't make any bad mistakes while tackling PWC 343!
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
This week's PWC has a task that wants strings to be "nice", but if musical theater has taught me anything, it's that nice is different than good. But then my wife pointed out that if the task wants the string to be nice, then it must be nice.
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#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: It MUST be nice! | Packy’s Place
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July 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This week's PWC has a task that wants strings to be "nice", but if musical theater has taught me anything, it's that nice is different than good. But then my wife pointed out that if the task wants the string to be nice, then it must be nice.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
With Perl Weekly Challenge 339 being "Max Diff" and "Peak Point", I started to think that "Point" was my hook into a musical theme, and that made me think of one of my favorite artists, David Wilcox.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: Points? What’s the diff? | Packy’s Place
You are given an array of integers having four or more elements.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
With Perl Weekly Challenge 339 being "Max Diff" and "Peak Point", I started to think that "Point" was my hook into a musical theme, and that made me think of one of my favorite artists, David Wilcox.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
With PWC 349's tasks being "Power String" and "Meeting Point", I had a tough music choice. I could have given you Kansas, but my high school/college years were the 80s, so I had to go with my heart and use The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & The News.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
Perl Weekly Challenge: The Power of String | Packy’s Place
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November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
With PWC 349's tasks being "Power String" and "Meeting Point", I had a tough music choice. I could have given you Kansas, but my high school/college years were the 80s, so I had to go with my heart and use The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & The News.
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir
#PerlWeeklyChallenge #raku #perl #python #elixir