• 2022.12.26 in #597 The Perl Weekly Challege #197
  Simply loved the narrative form of blog. You end up with pretty solution in no time. Great work, keep it up.
• 2023.01.05 in #598 The Weekly Challenge #198
  Well documented solutions. Always fun to follow the blog post.
• 2023.01.22 in #600 The Weekly Challenge #200
  Robbie found task #2 easier than task #1. It was supposed to the otherway around. Still we got two nice solutions. Thank you.
• 2023.01.26 in #601 The Weekly Challenge #201
  Robbie, being partner in crime this week, I was looking forward to his solution. I must confess it was top notch.
• 2023.01.31 in #602 The Weekly Challenge #202
  Use of finite state mmachine to solve the Widest Valley task is interesting. Well done.
• 2023.02.10 in #603 The Weekly Challenge #203
  Full credit goes to Robbie for the extra effort. Appreciate your contributions.
• 2023.02.13 in #604 The Weekly Challenge #204
  One should learn from Robbie how to get job done with little effort. Incredible. Thanks for sharing.
• 2023.02.21 in #605 The Weekly Challenge #205
  Simple for-loops is your friend this week. Robbie shared how? Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
• 2023.03.05 in #606 The Weekly Challenge #206
  Handmade crafty solutions this week. Well done.
• 2023.03.06 in #607 The Weekly Challenge #207
  Use of CPAN can be very handy. I liked the clever use. Nice attempt.
• 2023.03.15 in #608 The Weekly Challenge #208
  Nice attempt to solve the weekly challenge. Keep it up great work.
• 2023.03.22 in #609 The Weekly Challenge #209
  Nice use of state machine. I rarely see these days, so thank you for refresher.
• 2023.03.29 in #610 The Weekly Challenge #210
  Cool task analysis that makes it fun to read. Keep it up great work.
• 2023.04.09 in #611 The Weekly Challenge #211
  Short and sweet discussion of the issues and solutions. Love it. Keep it going.
• 2023.04.11 in #612 The Weekly Challenge #212
  Nicely re-worded description made it so easy to follow. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
• 2023.04.23 in #613 The Weekly Challenge #213
  Well documented and explained solutions. Nice and easy to follow too. Keep it up great work.
• 2023.05.02 in #615 The Weekly Challenge #215
  Good catch with regard to the special cases and the way it is processed. Very smart, well done.
• 2023.05.02 in #617 The Weekly Challenge #215
  Good catch with regard to the special cases and the way it is processed. Very smart, well done.
• 2023.05.13 in #616 The Weekly Challenge #216
  Loved the breakdown of complications in the task #2. Nice writings, I must admit.
• 2023.05.27 in #618 The Weekly Challenge #218
  Short and sweet, to the point and move on. Well done.
• 2023.06.04 in #619 The Weekly Challenge #219
  
• 2023.06.09 in #620 The Weekly Challenge #220
  
• 2023.06.15 in #621 The Weekly Challenge #221
  
• 2023.06.22 in #622 The Weekly Challenge #222
  Thanks for getting the missing information and sharing the cool solutions. Keep it up great work.
• 2023.07.02 in #623 The Weekly Challenge #223
  Loved the way difficult task handled, well done and keep it up.
• 2023.07.08 in #624 The Weekly Challenge #224
  The detailed analysis of the "Additive Number" task is worth taking a closer look. Great work, keep it up.
• 2023.07.09 in #625 The Weekly Challenge #225
  Here comes CPAN and we have a clean readable solution in Perl. Great work, keep it up.
• 2023.07.18 in #626 The Weekly Challenge #226
  No operations for Zero Array? Use of List::Util is very handy for the task.
• 2023.07.24 in #627 The Weekly Challenge #227
  Clever use of CPAN module and we have cool solution. Well done.
• 2023.08.02 in #628 The Weekly Challenge #228
  Simple use of hash and map, gave us the perfect solution. Keep it simple yet elegant. Well done.
• 2023.08.07 in #629 The Weekly Challenge #229
  
• 2023.08.25 in #632 The Weekly Challenge #231
  
• 2023.09.04 in #633 The Weekly Challenge #233
  
• 2023.09.12 in #634 The Weekly Challenge #234
  
• 2023.09.15 in #634 Fun with dates
  The day-of-week for any day in the year range 1-5000000 Julian. (Doesn't do BC yet; I need to make some changes to the algorithm first.) It also does conversion between Gregorian and Julian.
• 2023.09.20 in #635 The Weekly Challenge #235
  Short and simple, to the point discussion, enough to keep you busy.
• 2023.10.08 in #637 The Weekly Challenge #237
  Step by step process is very handy and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us.
• 2023.10.09 in #638 The Weekly Challenge #238
  Short and precise description of Perl solutions by the latest champion.
• 2023.10.18 in #639 The Weekly Challenge #239
  Short and sweet post sharing the internals. You don't want to miss it.
• 2023.10.24 in #640 Use of NCS comparison in action. Cool work.
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• 2023.10.30 in #641 The Weekly Challenge #241
  CPAN is handy to get the job done. Well done, keep sharing.
• 2023.11.06 in #642 The Weekly Challenge #242
  Simple yet elegant solutions with detailed task analysis. Well done and thanks for sharing.
• 2023.11.14 in #643 The Weekly Challenge #243
  Simple use of 2-loops is good enough. Sweet simple solutions.
• 2023.11.24 in #644 The Weekly Challenge #244
  Clever approach to solve the task. You must checkout yourself.
• 2023.11.29 in #645 The Weekly Challenge #245
  Smart use CPAN module without any gimmicks. Thanks for sharing.
• 2023.12.23 in #648 The Weekly Challenge #248
  Short and precise discussion to get to the bottom of the task. Keep it up great work.
• 2023.12.30 in #649 The Weekly Challenge #249
  
• 2024.01.01 in #650 The Weekly Challenge #250
  Use of CPAN module makes the solution elegant and compact. Well done and keep it up.
• 2024.01.09 in #651 The Weekly Challenge #251
  Short and precise discussion is enough to follow the code. Well done and thanks for your contributions.
• 2024.01.17 in #652 The Weekly Challenge #252
  Short and sweet solutions in Perl. Thanks for your contributions.
• 2024.01.22 in #653 The Weekly Challenge #253
  Thanks for a gentle reminder of combining sort. We don't use it very often though. Well done.
• 2024.01.29 in #654 The Weekly Challenge #254
  Clarity in discussion makes it easy to follow thorough. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
• 2024.02.05 in #655 The Weekly Challenge #255
  Sometimes, you don't need to look anywhere for the solution, just follow the straight path as discussed on the post.
• 2024.02.13 in #656 The Weekly Challenge #256
  Dudn't know about mesh function. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us.
• 2024.02.28 in #658 The Weekly Challenge #258
  I am amazed how handy CPAN module can be at times. Very impressed with the end result. Thanks for sharing.
• 2024.03.13 in #660 The Weekly Challenge #260
  For permuation related challenge, Math::Combinatorics is one of the choices CPAN provides. See the post how this solved the task.
• 2024.03.18 in #661 The Weekly Challenge #261
  CPAN module can make your life fun and easy. You must checkout the solutions.
• 2024.03.26 in #662 The Weekly Challenge #262
  Simple task analysis and implementation. Plain english anyone can follow. Well done.
• 2024.04.03 in #663 The Weekly Challenge #263
  Clever use of CPAN module. I always encourage the use of CPAN module. Well done.
• 2024.04.09 in #664 The Weekly Challenge #264
  Clever use of Perl regex. I am sure you will take a closer look once again.
• 2024.04.16 in #665 The Weekly Challenge #265
  Short and simple analysis, no nonsense approach. Keep it up great work.
• 2024.04.24 in #666 The Weekly Challenge #266
  I like the use of 'fc' and handling of apostrophes is really cool. Highly recommended.
• 2024.04.30 in #667 The Weekly Challenge #267
  Using the method signature of latest Perl makes the code looks elegant, very impressive, keep it up.
• 2024.05.08 in #668 The Weekly Challenge #268
  I noticed the zip6 is mentioned in the blog post but in code, pairwise is used. Interesting, zip6 is new to me, though.
• 2024.05.14 in #669 The Weekly Challenge #269
  Classic one-liner in Perl, discussion makes it smooth ride. Thanks for sharing.
• 2024.05.25 in #670 The Weekly Challenge #270
  Just one solution this week, and typically one line analysis. Keep it up great work.
• 2024.05.29 in #671 The Weekly Challenge #271
  Loved the hack used to get the job done. It is very impressive. Highly recommended.
• 2024.06.05 in #672 The Weekly Challenge #272
  Use of Perl regex makes it easy to get one-liner. Good job, keep it up.
• 2024.06.10 in #673 The Weekly Challenge #273
  lround() from POSIX? Never knew about this. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us.
• 2024.06.20 in #674 The Weekly Challenge #274
  Nice breakdown of task is so handy to follow the logic. Keep it up great work and thanks for sharing.
• 2024.06.24 in #675 The Weekly Challenge #275
  Keep it sweet and simple, is the approach taken this week. Nice, keep sharing.
• 2024.06.30 in #676 The Weekly Challenge #276
  Clever use of CPAN modules is very handy. Happy to see the wide use of the modules. Keep sharing the knowledge.
• 2024.07.11 in #677 The Weekly Challenge #277
  No gimmicks, pure Perl solution using just core functions. The end result is still very powerful. Thanks for sharing.
• 2024.07.16 in #678 The Weekly Challenge #278
  Breaking down big task into smaller tasks makes it easy to implement. Take a look and see it yourself.
• 2024.07.23 in #679 The Weekly Challenge #279
  Another great use of CPAN module List::MoreUtils and using zip6 out of box. Great work.
• 2024.07.29 in #680 The Weekly Challenge #280
  Interesting use of finite state machine with detailed discussion. Loved the use of Unicode character. Keep it up great work.
• 2024.08.07 in #681 The Weekly Challenge #281
  Thanks for sharing the hack used in the check color task. Also breaking down the complex logic into easy to follow tasks is worth checking out. Well done.
• 2024.08.12 in #682 The Weekly Challenge #282
  The most impressive regex solution in Perl. Incredible.
• 2024.08.19 in #683 The Weekly Challenge #283
  Avoid re-inventing the wheels and make good use of CPAN as shared in the post. Thanks for your contributions.
• 2024.08.26 in #684 The Weekly Challenge #284
  Compact one line narration to sum up the whole story. Incredible.
• 2024.09.06 in #685 The Weekly Challenge #285
  The task analysis of 'Making Change' made it so simple, incredible. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us.
• 2024.09.11 in #686 To The Weekly Challenge #286
  Nice breakdowm of task into easy to understand action. The end result is short and crispy. Cool, keep it up.
• 2024.09.18 in #687 The Weekly Challenge #287
  Getting pure regex solution can be sometime very difficult but here we have one. The compact discussion is worth checking.
• 2024.09.26 in #688 The Weekly Challenge #288
  Breaking down complex algorithm into smaller steps lead to a readable and easy to follow solution. Great work, thanks for sharing.
• 2024.10.09 in #690 The Weekly Challenge #290
  We got another musical solution. I just love the musical theme. Keep sharing knowledge.
• 2024.10.15 in #691 The Weekly Challenge #291
  A rather compact Mathematical solution, very impressive. Great work, keep it up.
• 2024.10.23 in #692 The Weekly Challenge #292
  Nicely modularised solutions with enough documentation to get you to the bottom on task. Keep sharing the knowledge.
• 2024.10.30 in #693 The Weekly Challenge #293
  Modularised approach makes the solution easy to read and follow. Short and concise narration comes handy. Great work.
• 2024.11.06 in #694 The Weekly Challenge #294
  Thanks for sharing the research of finding the lexicographically next permutation. Plenty to learn from this week work.
• 2024.11.13 in #695 The Weekly Challenge #295
  Cool use of subroutine signature and recursive. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us every week.
• 2024.11.19 in #696 The Weekly Challenge #296
  Simply using substr() and got the job done, that's the beauty. Cool work, keep it up.
• 2024.11.25 in #697 The Weekly Challenge #297
  Multi-layered for loops in action and modularised solutions, well crafted. Keep sharing knowledge with us.
• 2024.12.04 in #698 The Weekly Challenge #298
  Simple and easy approach without any gimmicks. Great work, keep it up.
• 2024.12.13 in #699 The Weekly Challenge #299
  Not many tried Word Search this week and Robbie is not one of them. Please checkout his approach. Highly recommended.
• 2024.12.17 in #700 The Weekly Challenge #300
  Great show of support for CPAN module following the basic principle: Don't re-invent the wheel.
• 2024.12.23 in #701 The Weekly Challenge #301
  Specialised sort used this week by many. It was a treat and first time for me. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us every week.
• 2024.12.30 in #702 The Weekly Challenge #302
  Functional approach makes it so easy to follow the logic. Great work, thanks for sharing.
• 2025.01.11 in #703 The Weekly Challenge #303
  Recursive call in play this week. Compact and powerful solutions, keep sharing knowledge with us.
• 2025.01.13 in #704 The Weekly Challenge #304
  Use of goto, interesting. I know it is not commonly used these days. Check it out yourself.
• 2025.01.20 in #705 The Weekly Challenge #305
  Nice detailed implementation of prime number, worth checking. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us.
• 2025.01.28 in #706 The Weekly Challenge #306
  Multi loops and get the job done without any gimmicks. Sweet and simple solution, well done.
• 2025.02.12 in #708 The Weekly Challenge #308
  Simple and straight forward approach makes it so easy to decode. Nice work, thanks for sharing.
• 2025.02.16 in #709 The Weekly Challenge #309
  Loops is the key to solve the task this week. Cleverly used, well done.
• 2025.02.24 in #710 The Weekly Challenge #310
  Smart use of 'mesh' from CPAN module List::SomeUtils. Clever move, well done.
• 2025.03.05 in #711 The Weekly Challenge #311
  Thanks for reminding us about the y operator as normally we see the use of tr// for such case. Keep sharing knowledge.
• 2025.03.10 in #712 The Weekly Challenge #312
  I find the incredible simple solution to 'Balls and Boxes'. This is my favourite, thanks for sharing.
• 2025.03.18 in #713 The Weekly Challenge #313
  It took me a while to understand the gibberish at the top. The next line explains the mystery, everybody calm down. No one can match the creative mind of team members. Keep it up great work.
• 2025.03.25 in #714 The Weekly Challenge #314
  It's incredible how you find the edge cases and then presented with choices. Kudos for your effort, keep sharing your knowledge with us.
• 2025.03.31 in #715 The Weekly Challenge #315
  Nice poetry to begin the post and a fun idea. We even had musical beginnings too. Enjoy the regex game. Keep sharing knowledge.
• 2025.04.07 in #716 The Weekly Challenge #316
  Simple for-loop and substr is what we need to get the job done, short and sweet, well done.
• 2025.04.15 in #717 The Weekly Challenge #317
  Pure Perl solution without any gimmicks. Thanks for sharing knowledge with us.
• 2025.04.23 in #718 The Weekly Challenge #318
  Getting more than what is asked is always handy with detailed task analysis. Well done.
• 2025.05.08 in #720 The Weekly Challenge #320
  Good use of CPAN modules and thanks for sharing knowledge with us every week.
• 2025.05.12 in #721 The Weekly Challenge #321
  Nice to see the use of substr() in the mix. It was a smart move. Thanks for sharing.
• 2025.05.20 in #722 The Weekly Challenge #322
  Efficient, well-structured Perl code, showcasing strong problem-solving techniques and idiomatic Perl practices.
• 2025.05.29 in #723 The Weekly Challenge #323
  The use of the Switch module, while unconventional, serves to illustrate structured decision-making in Perl. It's valuable resource for those looking to understand Perl implementations of algorithmic challenges.
• 2025.05.30 in #719 The Weekly Challenge #319
  A complete solution that is capable of dealing with Unicode characters too. Always a pleasure to see extended solutions. Thanks for sharing knowledge.
• 2025.06.02 in #724 The Weekly Challenge #324
  The post is commendable for its clarity, thoroughness, and innovative problem-solving techniques. His ability to identify ambiguities in problem statements and address them proactively enhances the reliability of his solutions. The post serves as an excellent resource for Perl enthusiasts and programmers seeking to deepen their understanding of array manipulation and bitwise operations.
• 2025.06.09 in #725 The Weekly Challenge #325
  Rigorous problem analysis with detailed edge-case handling. The solutions prioritize clarity and maintainability.
• 2025.06.21 in #726 The Weekly Challenge #326
  The solutions are complete and well-documented, providing clear explanations of the logic behind each step. It serves as an excellent resource for Perl programmers looking to improve their problem-solving skills and coding practices.
• 2025.06.24 in #727 The Weekly Challenge #327
  Using none to check if a number is missing is idiomatic and easy to read. Setting $"=', ' for array printing is a good touch.

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