In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> And while writing this text, i in fact found: >> >> $_=aeiouy;s!!\n\$|--&y-!g;print eval"grep$_--c,<>" > > Wow! 49 strokes without any unsightly command line options! > Notice that *every single* even.pl entry did, in fact, > have command line options. >
Hadn't noticed that :-) A pity I didn't find it during the tournament. For ages I had been trying to get that \n in there in such a way that the "total count" would get it, but without destroying the start of the expression, because I knew it would save one stroke. I couldn't get it to work, but writing the text (saying y/// does not substitute) made it obvious. I think that I will make "writing a text about the solution" something I'll do during the playing itself. It forces you to make your assumptions explicit.
