Solve PWC243

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diff --git a/challenge-243/wlmb/blog.txt b/challenge-243/wlmb/blog.txt
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+https://wlmb.github.io/2023/11/13/PWC243/
diff --git a/challenge-243/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-243/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 243
+# Task 1:  Reverse Pairs
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2023/11/13/PWC243/#task-1-reverse-pairs
+use v5.36;
+use PDL;
+die <<~"FIN" unless @ARGV;
+    Usage: $0 N1 [N2...]
+    to find how many reversed pairs are in the array N1 N2...
+    FIN
+my $matrix=pdl(@ARGV)->dummy(1,0+@ARGV);
+say "@ARGV ->",
+    (($matrix->xvals < $matrix->yvals) & ($matrix > 2*$matrix->transpose))->sum;
diff --git a/challenge-243/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-243/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 243
+# Task 2:  Floor Sum
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2023/11/13/PWC243/#task-2-floor-sum
+use v5.36;
+use PDL;
+my $in=pdl(@ARGV);
+say "$in -> ", ($in/$in->dummy(0))->floor->sum;