Adam Spiers wrote: > > Stephen Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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." -- Rick Klement
