<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I slapped myself ten seconds into the post-mortem when I saw "lc=~y/aeiouy//".
>The rest of it all, I haven't quite grasped yet, but I'm getting there.  I'm
>just proud of myself for getting "-ap056"!

I've been slapping myself silly for not using -a (or /\S+/g, or even
split). Would've gotten a 165 otherwise, saving a whopping 11 strokes.
Ah well, that should clinch me the coveted "most amateurish mistake"
award.

The funny part about this hole was that I never seemed to hit the
wall. There was always some simple (as in could be figured out in 30
minutes) transformation to apply, and score a bit better. It certainly
wasn't as frustrating as that cursed Kolakoski sequence. 

I'm also a bit suprised at the complaints that it took hours to 
even get a working version of the program. It all seemed pretty
straightforward, with a couple of easily detectable corner cases.
Just what was the problem?

And now for something completely different: 

*slap* *slap* *WHACK* *slap* 

-- 
Juho Snellman
"C:st� on kehitetty Massachusettsin teknillisess� korkeakoulussa kieli
 nimelt� BCPL."  

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