- Added solutions by W. Luis Mochan.

- Added solutions by E. Choroba.
- Added solutions by Mark Anderson.
- Added solutions by Athanasius.
- Added solutions by Matthew Neleigh.
- Added solutions by Laurent Rosenfeld.

20 files changed, 2825 insertions, 2672 deletions

diff --git a/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/blog.txt b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/blog.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f5e7b504b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/blog.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2024/02/perl-weekly-challenge-257-smaller-than-current.html
diff --git a/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/julia/ch-1.jl b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/julia/ch-1.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33c4026bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/julia/ch-1.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Printf
+
+function count_smaller(input)
+    result = []
+    for i in input
+        count = 0
+        for j in input
+            if j < i
+                count += 1
+            end
+        end
+        push!(result, count)
+    end
+    return join(result, " ");
+end
+
+tests = [ [5, 2, 1, 6], [1, 2, 0, 3], [0, 1], [9, 4, 9, 2] ]
+
+for test in tests
+    @printf "%-15s => " "$test"
+    println("$(count_smaller(test))")
+end
diff --git a/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/perl/ch-1.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f6e9d5be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/perl/ch-1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use feature 'say';
+
+sub count_smaller {
+    my @in = @_;
+    my @result;
+    for my $i (@in) {
+        my $count = 0;
+        for my $j (@in) {
+            $count++ if $j < $i;
+        }
+        push @result, $count;
+    }
+    return @result;
+}
+
+my @tests = ([<5 2 1 6>], [<1 2 0 3>], [<0 1>], [<9 4 9 2>]);
+for my $test (@tests) {
+    printf "%-12s => ", "@$test";
+    say join " ", count_smaller @$test;
+}
diff --git a/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/raku/ch-1.raku b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/raku/ch-1.raku
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c28e3f3b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-257/laurent-rosenfeld/raku/ch-1.raku
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+sub count-smaller (@in) {
+    my @result;
+    for @in -> $i {
+        my $count = 0;
+        for @in -> $j {
+            $count++ if $j < $i;
+        }
+        push @result, $count;
+    }
+    return @result;
+}
+
+my @tests = <5 2 1 6>, <1 2 0 3>, <0 1>, <9 4 9 2>;
+for @tests -> @test {
+    printf "%-12s => ", "@test[]";
+    say count-smaller @test;
+}
diff --git a/stats/pwc-current.json b/stats/pwc-current.json
index ff1e449c49..3b380d2a09 100644
--- a/stats/pwc-current.json
+++ b/stats/pwc-current.json
@@ -1,35 +1,44 @@
 {
-   "legend" : {
-      "enabled" : 0
-   },
-   "plotOptions" : {
-      "series" : {
-         "dataLabels" : {
-            "format" : "{point.y}",
-            "enabled" : 1
-         },
-         "borderWidth" : 0
-      }
-   },
-   "xAxis" : {
-      "type" : "category"
-   },
    "title" : {
       "text" : "The Weekly Challenge - 257"
    },
+   "chart" : {
+      "type" : "column"
+   },
+   "yAxis" : {
+      "title" : {
+         "text" : "Total Solutions"
+      }
+   },
    "drilldown" : {
       "series" : [
          {
-            "name" : "Bob Lied",
+            "id" : "Athanasius",
             "data" : [
                [
                   "Perl",
                   2
+               ],
+               [
+                  "Raku",
+                  2
                ]
             ],
-            "id" : "Bob Lied"
+            "name" : "Athanasius"
          },
          {
+            "name" : "Bob Lied",
+            "id" : "Bob Lied",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ]
+            ]
+         },
+         {
+            "name" : "Dave Jacoby",
+            "id" : "Dave Jacoby",
             "data" : [
                [
                   "Perl",
@@ -39,21 +48,47 @@
                   "Blog",
                   1
                ]
-            ],
-            "id" : "Dave Jacoby",
-            "name" : "Dave Jacoby"
+            ]
          },
          {
-            "id" : "David Ferrone",
             "data" : [
                [
                   "Perl",
                   2
                ]
             ],
+            "id" : "David Ferrone",
             "name" : "David Ferrone"
          },
          {
+            "name" : "E. Choroba",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ]
+            ],
+            "id" : "E. Choroba"
+         },
+         {
+            "id" : "Laurent Rosenfeld",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  1
+               ],
+               [
+                  "Raku",
+                  1
+               ],
+               [
+                  "Blog",
+                  1
+               ]
+            ],
+            "name" : "Laurent Rosenfeld"
+         },
+         {
             "id" : "Luca Ferrari",
             "data" : [
                [
@@ -69,26 +104,37 @@
          },
          {
             "name" : "Mariano Spadaccini",
+            "id" : "Mariano Spadaccini",
             "data" : [
                [
                   "Perl",
                   1
                ]
-            ],
-            "id" : "Mariano Spadaccini"
+            ]
          },
          {
+            "id" : "Mark Anderson",
             "data" : [
                [
                   "Raku",
                   2
                ]
             ],
-            "id" : "Mark Anderson",
             "name" : "Mark Anderson"
          },
          {
+            "name" : "Matthew Neleigh",
+            "id" : "Matthew Neleigh",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ]
+            ]
+         },
+         {
             "name" : "Roger Bell_West",
+            "id" : "Roger Bell_West",
             "data" : [
                [
                   "Perl",
@@ -98,8 +144,7 @@
                   "Raku",
                   2
                ]
-            ],
-            "id" : "Roger Bell_West"
+            ]
          },
          {
             "name" : "Thomas Kohler",
@@ -116,8 +161,6 @@
             "id" : "Thomas Kohler"
          },
          {
-            "name" : "Ulrich Rieke",
-            "id" : "Ulrich Rieke",
             "data" : [
                [
                   "Perl",
@@ -127,60 +170,84 @@
                   "Raku",
                   1
                ]
-            ]
+            ],
+            "id" : "Ulrich Rieke",
+            "name" : "Ulrich Rieke"
+         },
+         {
+            "name" : "W. Luis Mochan",
+            "data" : [
+               [
+                  "Perl",
+                  2
+               ],
+               [
+                  "Blog",
+                  1
+               ]
+            ],
+            "id" : "W. Luis Mochan"
          }
       ]
    },
-   "yAxis" : {
-      "title" : {
-         "text" : "Total Solutions"
-      }
-   },
    "tooltip" : {
       "headerFormat" : "<span style='font-size:11px'>{series.name}</span><br/>",
       "pointFormat" : "<span style='color:{point.color}'>{point.name}</span>: <b>{point.y:f}</b><br/>",
       "followPointer" : 1
    },
-   "subtitle" : {
-      "text" : "[Champions: 9] Last updated at 2024-02-20 15:51:01 GMT"
-   },
-   "chart" : {
-      "type" : "column"
-   },
    "series" : [
       {
          "name" : "The Weekly Challenge - 257",
-         "colorByPoint" : 1,
          "data" : [
             {
+               "name" : "Athanasius",
+               "y" : 4,
+               "drilldown" : "Athanasius"
+            },
+            {
                "name" : "Bob Lied",
-               "drilldown" : "Bob Lied",
-               "y" : 2
+               "y" : 2,
+               "drilldown" : "Bob Lied"
             },
             {
+               "y" : 3,
                "name" : "Dave Jacoby",
-               "drilldown" : "Dave Jacoby",
-               "y" : 3
+               "drilldown" : "Dave Jacoby"
             },
             {
-               "drilldown" : "David Ferrone",
+               "y" : 2,
                "name" : "David Ferrone",
-               "y" : 2
+               "drilldown" : "David Ferrone"
+            },
+            {
+               "y" : 2,
+               "name" : "E. Choroba",
+               "drilldown" : "E. Choroba"
+            },
+            {
+               "drilldown" : "Laurent Rosenfeld",
+               "y" : 3,
+               "name" : "Laurent Rosenfeld"
             },
             {
-               "name" : "Luca Ferrari",
                "drilldown" : "Luca Ferrari",
+               "name" : "Luca Ferrari",
                "y" : 11
             },
             {
-               "y" : 1,
+               "drilldown" : "Mariano Spadaccini",
                "name" : "Mariano Spadaccini",
-               "drilldown" : "Mariano Spadaccini"
+               "y" : 1
             },
             {
-               "name" : "Mark Anderson",
                "drilldown" : "Mark Anderson",
-               "y" : 2
+               "y" : 2,
+               "name" : "Mark Anderson"
+            },
+            {
+               "y" : 2,
+               "name" : "Matthew Neleigh",
+               "drilldown" : "Matthew Neleigh"
             },
             {
                "drilldown" : "Roger Bell_West",
@@ -188,16 +255,40 @@
                "y" : 4
             },
             {
-               "drilldown" : "Thomas Kohler",
                "name" : "Thomas Kohler",
-               "y" : 4
+               "y" : 4,
+               "drilldown" : "Thomas Kohler"
             },
             {
                "drilldown" : "Ulrich Rieke",
-               "name" : "Ulrich Rieke",
-               "y" : 3
+               "y" : 3,
+               "name" : "Ulrich Rieke"
+            },
+            {
+               "name" : "W. Luis Mochan",
+               "y" : 3,
+               "drilldown" : "W. Luis Mochan"
             }
-         ]
+         ],
+         "colorByPoint" : 1
+      }
+   ],
+   "plotOptions" : {
+      "series" : {
+         "borderWidth" : 0,
+         "dataLabels" : {
+            "format" : "{point.y}",
+            "enabled" : 1
+         }
       }
-   ]
+   },
+   "subtitle" : {
+      "text" : "[Champions: 14] Last updated at 2024-02-21 09:18:30 GMT"
+   },
+   "legend" : {
+      "enabled" : 0
+   },
+   "xAxis" : {
+      "type" : "category"
+   }
 }
diff --git a/stats/pwc-language-breakdown-summary.json b/stats/pwc-language-breakdown-summary.json
index b3fa9312de..4f11e3b45d 100644
--- a/stats/pwc-language-breakdown-summary.json
+++ b/stats/pwc-language-breakdown-summary.json
@@ -1,63 +1,63 @@
 {
-   "subtitle" : {
-      "text" : "Last updated at 2024-02-20 15:51:01 GMT"
-   },
-   "chart" : {
-      "type" : "column"
-   },
    "series" : [
       {
+         "dataLabels" : {
+            "format" : "{point.y:.0f}",
+            "align" : "right",
+            "style" : {
+               "fontFamily" : "Verdana, sans-serif",
+               "fontSize" : "13px"
+            },
+            "y" : 10,
+            "rotation" : -90,
+            "enabled" : "true",
+            "color" : "#FFFFFF"
+         },
          "name" : "Contributions",
          "data" : [
             [
                "Blog",
-               4547
+               4549
             ],
             [
                "Perl",
-               13261
+               13270
             ],
             [
                "Raku",
-               7653
+               7656
             ]
-         ],
-         "dataLabels" : {
-            "y" : 10,
-            "align" : "right",
-            "color" : "#FFFFFF",
-            "style" : {
-               "fontFamily" : "Verdana, sans-serif",
-               "fontSize" : "13px"
-            },
-            "format" : "{point.y:.0f}",
-            "rotation" : -90,
-            "enabled" : "true"
-         }
+         ]
       }
    ],
-   "yAxis" : {
-      "min" : 0,
-      "title" : {
-         "text" : null
-      }
+   "subtitle" : {
+      "text" : "Last updated at 2024-02-21 09:18:30 GMT"
    },
-   "tooltip" : {
-      "pointFormat" : "<b>{point.y:.0f}</b>"
+   "legend" : {
+      "enabled" : "false"
    },
    "xAxis" : {
+      "type" : "category",
       "labels" : {
          "style" : {
             "fontSize" : "13px",
             "fontFamily" : "Verdana, sans-serif"
          }
-      },
-      "type" : "category"
+      }
    },
    "title" : {
       "text" : "The Weekly Challenge Contributions [2019 - 2024]"
    },
-   "legend" : {
-      "enabled" : "false"
+   "chart" : {
+      "type" : "column"
+   },
+   "yAxis" : {
+      "min" : 0,
+      "title" : {
+         "text" : null
+      }
+   },
+   "tooltip" : {
+      "pointFormat" : "<b>{point.y:.0f}</b>"
    }
 }
diff --git a/stats/pwc-language-breakdown.json b/stats/pwc-language-breakdown.json
index beec5b0376..081acd542a 100644
--- a/stats/pwc-language-breakdown.json
+++ b/stats/pwc-language-breakdown.json
@@ -1,1331 +1,11 @@
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-   "yAxis" : {
-      "title" : {
-         "text" : "Total Solutions"
-      }
-   },
-   "tooltip" : {
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-      "pointFormat" : "<span style=\"color:{point.color}\">Challenge {point.name}</span>: <b>{point.y:f}</b><br/>",
-      "headerFormat" : "<span style=\"font-size:11px\"></span>"
-   },
-   "subtitle" : {
-      "text" : "Click the columns to drilldown the language breakdown. Last updated at 2024-02-20 15:51:01 GMT"
-   },
-   "chart" : {
-      "type" : "column"
-   },
-   "series" : [
-      {
-         "colorByPoint" : "true",
-         "data" : [
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-               "name" : "#001",
-               "y" : 164
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-               "name" : "#002",
-               "drilldown" : "002"
-            },
-            {
-               "y" : 87,
-               "drilldown" : "003",
-               "name" : "#003"
-            },
-            {
-               "name" : "#004",
-               "drilldown" : "004",
-               "y" : 103
-            },
-            {
-               "y" : 80,
-               "drilldown" : "005",
-               "name" : "#005"
-            },
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-               "name" : "#006",
-               "drilldown" : "006",
-               "y" : 61
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-               "drilldown" : "007",
-               "name" : "#007",
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