Solve PWC324

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diff --git a/challenge-324/wlmb/blog.txt b/challenge-324/wlmb/blog.txt
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+https://wlmb.github.io/2025/06/02/PWC324/
diff --git a/challenge-324/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-324/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 324
+# Task 1:  2D Array
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2025/06/02/PWC324/#task-1-2d-array
+use v5.36;
+use PDL;
+die <<~"FIN" unless @ARGV >= 3;
+    Usage: $0 R C D1 D2...
+    to reshape the array (D1 D2...) into a matrix with
+    R rows and C columns
+    FIN
+my ($rows, $cols, @array)=@ARGV;
+die "Number of elements should equal RxC" unless $rows*$cols==@array;
+my $array=pdl(@array);
+my $reshaped=$array->copy->reshape($cols, $rows);
+say "rows=$rows, cols=$cols, array= $array -> $reshaped";
diff --git a/challenge-324/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-324/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 324
+# Task 2:  Total XOR
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2025/06/02/PWC324/#task-2-total-xor
+use v5.36;
+use List::Util qw(reduce sum);
+sub f(@x){
+    if(@x){
+	my ($first, @rest)=@x;
+	my @reduced=f(@rest);
+	return @reduced, map{$first^$_}@reduced;
+    }
+    return (0);
+}
+say "@ARGV -> ", sum f(@ARGV);