Perl Weekly - all the articles published by Colin Crain

2020.05.08 in #459 Sorting a Linked List and Summing Binary Bits
Colin first attempt to blog about his work. Nice attempt.
2020.05.15 in #460 An Excellent Gathering
Colin came up with great blog once again. Thought provoking analysis.
2020.05.23 in #461 Produce Market Protocols
Colin story telling skill is unmatchable. You will never get bored of it.
2020.06.06 in #463 'Drop the Mic' - Chopped and Screwed Remix
You can't afford to miss Colin's blog, full of interesting facts.
2020.06.13 in #464 Six blocks away? C-c-c-combo breaker!
Fun blog packed with interesting bits, must read.
2020.06.19 in #465 Digital Value at the Palindrome Thunderdome
Colin used his regex power to deal with Palindrome Partition task. Highly Recommended.
2020.07.06 in #467 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 066
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.07.10 in #468 Zero-Sum Basket Weaving
Colin is one of few members of Team PWC whose blogging skill is exceptional. Highly Recommended.
2020.07.18 in #469 THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE – PERL & RAKU #69
Colin's ability of task analysis is unmatchable. Must Read.
2020.07.20 in #469 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 068
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.07.27 in #470 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 069
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.07.27 in #470 THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE – PERL & RAKU #70
Checkout Colin functional programming narrative.
2020.07.31 in #471 Traversing Peaks for the Missing Link
Colin shared the power of grep and map. Interesting Take.
2020.08.02 in #471 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 070
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.08.07 in #472 Flip-Flops Leaving a Trail of Zeros
Colin blog title is giving a tough competition to Arne Sommer.
2020.08.10 in #472 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 071
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.08.15 in #473 Open the Window Just a Little Bit so Your Smallest Smaller Neighbor Can Get In
Colin's blog title should get the best title award, imho.
2020.08.17 in #473 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 072
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.08.21 in #474 When Majority Rule Plays Finders Keepers
I am sure, the blog title is enough to compel you checking out the blog.
2020.08.24 in #474 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 073
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.08.29 in #475 Throw the Windows Wide Open — Change Is In the Air
Cool approach to deal with Coins Sum task without the use of Dynamic Programming. Must Read.
2020.09.05 in #476 Wear a Wig to Play the Goldbach Variations!
I would like to confess one thing today, I read Colin's blog not for solution but for story behind the scene.
2020.09.12 in #477 All those Pasta Lies Led to a Lonely Ex
Colin shared plenty of Raku magic this time.
2020.09.18 in #478 Follow the Leader and Swing to the Left
Here is another thought provoking blog by Perl Reviewer, Colin.
2020.09.26 in #479 Count, Set, Match: Standing Water in Mountain Pools
Colin choice of blog title is very creative. Thought provoking discussion in the blog.
2020.10.03 in #480 Dinner for a Tiny Number of Dictators
Creative blog post award must go to Colin. Always pleasure to read.
2020.10.11 in #481 Finding Common Basis with a Bag of Sharks
Colin blog as always shared the technical details of the weekly tasks.
2020.10.16 in #482 Factor? I hardly knew ye! Interwoven aphorisms FTW.
Colin blog is exceptionally well written. Highly Recommended.
2020.10.24 in #483 No, no! Not THAT Word! FLIP the Pain Away!
Colin sharing the power of regex to solve the weekly challenge.
2020.11.01 in #484 Four Corners Off A Twenty: Get One, Reverse and Repeat
Colin's creative writing is at its best. You don't want to miss it.
2020.11.03 in #485 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 083
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.11.08 in #485 Triple Combo: Power to the Whole!
As always, Colin's blog post is full of surprises and punchlines. Please check it out yourself.
2020.11.10 in #486 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 084
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.11.29 in #488 The Product of the Absence – Spiralize the Day Away
Colin, our in-house Perl Reviewer, came up with an interesting blog post showing the power of Perl and Raku.
2020.12.06 in #489 The Greatest Common Magick Trick
Don't you love the blog post's title? The content is also magical as always.
2020.12.13 in #490 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 088
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.12.13 in #490 DNA Fragments Are Multiplying Exponentially in North-East Africa
Colin's blog is always fun to read. It is never short of fascinating facts beyond the power of Perl and Raku.
2020.12.18 in #491 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 089
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.12.20 in #491 One (2) One (1) Jump Street
You can never get bored of reading Colin's blog. Amazing blogging skill. Must Read.
2020.12.27 in #492 My Lava Lamp Pulsates in Harmony with the String Section
Reading Colin blog is always magical. It feels like reading fictional novel. Incredible kill.
2020.12.28 in #492 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 090
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2020.12.30 in #493 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 091
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.01.04 in #493 Drawing a Line from Root to Leaf to Table
Thanks Colin for sharing the Mathematics side of the task 'Max Points'. Highly Recommended.
2021.01.09 in #494 Perl Review - The Weekly Challenge - 092
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.01.11 in #494 Anagram Nut Clusters
Little late but worth the effort, thanks for sharing this blog post. It is always fun and a pleasure to read.
2021.01.16 in #495 Judging Jenga Symmetries
Colin's blog is not just special for it technical values but also the literary value is super. I enjoy it the most.
2021.01.17 in #495 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 093
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.01.20 in #496 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 094
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.01.25 in #496 The Wagner–Fischer-Price, Backwards
Colin introducing the Wagner-Fisher algorithm, which is new to me. Need to revisit.
2021.01.29 in #497 Et tu Brute? Mit dem Ausflippen?
Colin is testing our German in his blog post. A very enjoyable read, highly recommended.
2021.02.06 in #498 Practicin’ the Three ‘R’s, Hummin’ an’ Homin’ in on Home
Colin made the readN() task more fun by dealing with multi-bytes unicode. Highly Recommended.
2021.02.08 in #498 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 096
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.02.13 in #499 Diffraction Gratings Producing a Wildcard Wonderland
Colin's blog is always fun to read and an enjoyable ride. I always look forward to it every week.
2021.02.15 in #499 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 097
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.02.20 in #500 Time Traveling Under Pyramid Power
Colin uses modulo to solve the fun time task; a very different approach.
2021.03.01 in #501 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 099
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.04.11 in #507 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 105
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.04.16 in #508 Partitions in Memories, A Triangular Palace
For me Colin's blog is very useful to improve my vocabulary. I love how he presents his thought process. I wish I could do that one day.
2021.04.19 in #508 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 106
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.04.25 in #509 Dividing Sums into Four Squares
I liked how the beautiful Raku solution is presented. I wish Perl could be used to write code like this.
2021.05.02 in #510 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 108
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.05.02 in #510 Flip Me Your Digits, Baby
Cool use of regex, something I never used before. Thanks Colin.
2021.05.09 in #511 Are We in the Matrix? Get in Line, Friend, Get in Line.
We are presented a couple of implementations for Search Matrix task. We even have benchmarks to compare the performance.
2021.05.15 in #512 After Finding Our Bearings: One, Two and Up We Go!
Colin's way of dealing with the Climb Stairs task is very interesting. Loved his task analysis.
2021.05.21 in #513 Represent the Differences, Yo!
I loved his analysis of the Represent Integer task. I wonder sometimes, how did I miss it myself.
2021.05.25 in #522 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 120
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.05.30 in #514 Your New Pal Knows the Weight of Ham
Colin's choice of blog title is really cool. I love reading it for its literary value. Keep it up.
2021.05.31 in #514 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 112
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.06.12 in #516 Shhh… We’re Squaring Sequet Numbers
Colin 'sblog is always full of interesting ideas. I loved his task analysis. Keep it going.
2021.06.19 in #517 Who Went Missing on the Triangular Tour?
As always, Colin's story behind each task is priceless, you don't want to miss thid. He is simply the best. Keep it going. Thanks.
2021.06.27 in #518 A Knight’s Quest: A Search for His Pal
The highlight of this blog post to me, personally, is the cute little regex for Perl and Raku. Thanks for sharing.
2021.07.02 in #519 Sharing a Bite — But Not Face-to-Face
2021.07.11 in #520 Getting Oddly Even in a Clean Sweep
You simply don't want to miss the narrative behind each task. Keep up the great work.
2021.07.18 in #521 Mr. Brush Man, That One’s Upside Down!
Colin's blog post appears to be a textbook on the topic. So nicely explained. Well done Colin.
2021.07.24 in #522 Keeping Up the Average Number of Trips From the Line
2021.08.01 in #523 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 121
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.08.01 in #523 Don’t Be an Ugly Square, Man
Colin's writings are as elite as always. You can view it as pure literature and a technical blog also. I simply love it.
2021.08.06 in #524 Venus in the Balance
Well, I have never seen Colin being so serious about a task. I am impressed by the thought process behind task #1. Implementation has blown me away completely. Cool implementations. Thanks for sharing.
2021.08.09 in #524 Perl Review - The Weekly Challenge - 122
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.08.15 in #525 Triple Tree Rings
Colin's behind-the-scenes story is worth reading. You really don't want to miss it. Of course you do get to check out the solutions as well. Thanks for sharing.
2021.08.22 in #526 I Sweep For No One
The title of this blog post brought a smile to my face. I think Colin is giving Arne a tough fight as far as blog titles are concerned. By now, we have already seen the quality of his technical blog every week. I can't thank you enough.
2021.08.29 in #527 Time Out-of-Joint — at Set Intervals
Task analysis is the main attraction of this blog post for me. It makes the code easy to read. Great contributions. Thanks.
2021.08.30 in #527 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 125
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.09.06 in #528 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 126
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.09.12 in #529 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 127
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.09.19 in #530 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 128
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.09.26 in #531 Consequential Pairings and SECRET CUTS
Colin is back with his great blog after the break. We all missed you. Thanks for your contributions.
2021.09.27 in #531 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 129
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.10.03 in #532 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 130
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.10.17 in #534 Perl Review: The Weekly Challenge - 131
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.10.23 in #535 A Middling Thruppence? Do They Like Us At All?
Welcome back, Colin. We all missed your blog posts. I read your blog to improve my vocabulary. Thanks for sharing.
2021.10.24 in #535 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 132
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.10.31 in #536 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 133
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.10.31 in #536 Don’t Get Too Friendly — It’s a Series of Lies
Colin seems to be enjoying his time with Raku. He has clearly got the hang of it. Great contributions as always. Keep it up.
2021.11.08 in #537 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 134
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.11.22 in #539 That’s a Long Jort to Sort
Colin is back with yet another exceptional blog post. You don't want to miss out.
2021.11.29 in #540 Perl Review: The Weekly Challenge - 136
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.12.05 in #541 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 137
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.12.08 in #542 Canonical Path
2021.12.20 in #543 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 138
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.12.20 in #543 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 139
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2021.12.26 in #544 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 140
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2022.01.03 in #545 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 141
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2022.01.10 in #546 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 142
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2022.01.17 in #547 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 143
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.
2022.01.24 in #548 Perl Review - Perl Weekly Challenge - 144
Perl Solutions Review by Colin Crain.

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