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authorAdam Russell <adam.russell@optum.com>2019-04-12 15:44:17 -0400
committerAdam Russell <adam.russell@optum.com>2019-04-12 15:44:17 -0400
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master'
-rw-r--r--challenge-001/alex-daniel/perl6/ch-1.p6 (renamed from challenge-001/alexdaniel/perl6/ch-1.p6)0
-rw-r--r--challenge-001/alex-daniel/perl6/ch-2.p6 (renamed from challenge-001/alexdaniel/perl6/ch-2.p6)0
-rw-r--r--challenge-001/alexdaniel/README.md1
-rw-r--r--challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl2
-rw-r--r--challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl4
-rw-r--r--challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p62
-rw-r--r--challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p64
-rw-r--r--challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl2
-rw-r--r--challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl2
-rw-r--r--challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p62
-rw-r--r--challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p62
-rw-r--r--challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/to-base35.p66
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl5/ch-1.pl (renamed from challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-1.pl)0
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl5/ch-2.pl (renamed from challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-2.pl)0
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl6/ch-1.p6 (renamed from challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-1.p6)0
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl6/ch-2.p6 (renamed from challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-2.p6)0
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/alex-daniel/README1
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-1.pl17
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-2.pl27
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/cliveholloway/README1
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-003/cliveholloway/perl5/ch-2.pl23
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/daniel-mantovani/perl5/ch-1.pl38
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/duncan-c-white/README9
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-1.pl220
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-2.pl26
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/fjwhittle/README1
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/fjwhittle/perl6/ch-1.p645
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/fjwhittle/perl6/ch-2.p624
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl29
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl13
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p629
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p613
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/ohmycloud/perl6/ch-1.p69
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/ohmycloud/perl6/ch-2.p624
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/rob4t/README1
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/rob4t/perl6/ch-1.p622
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/rob4t/perl6/ch-2.p627
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/sergiotarxz/perl5/ch-1.pl9
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/sergiotarxz/perl5/ch-2.pl10
-rw-r--r--challenge-003/simon-proctor/blog.txt1
-rwxr-xr-xchallenge-003/steve-rogerson/perl5/ch-1.pl29
-rw-r--r--members.json2
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-challenge-001.json778
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-challenge-002.json635
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-current.json272
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-master-stats.json24
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-summary-1-30.json126
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-summary-31-60.json70
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-summary-61-90.json34
-rw-r--r--stats/pwc-summary.json208
50 files changed, 1835 insertions, 989 deletions
diff --git a/challenge-001/alexdaniel/perl6/ch-1.p6 b/challenge-001/alex-daniel/perl6/ch-1.p6
index 047fbacbd1..047fbacbd1 100644
--- a/challenge-001/alexdaniel/perl6/ch-1.p6
+++ b/challenge-001/alex-daniel/perl6/ch-1.p6
diff --git a/challenge-001/alexdaniel/perl6/ch-2.p6 b/challenge-001/alex-daniel/perl6/ch-2.p6
index ce84a7530b..ce84a7530b 100644
--- a/challenge-001/alexdaniel/perl6/ch-2.p6
+++ b/challenge-001/alex-daniel/perl6/ch-2.p6
diff --git a/challenge-001/alexdaniel/README.md b/challenge-001/alexdaniel/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c22d28b3e8..0000000000
--- a/challenge-001/alexdaniel/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Solutions by [AlexDaniel](https://github.com/AlexDaniel/)
diff --git a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl
index c35822d44b..e20ce33987 100644
--- a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl
+++ b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+
print((($_ eq "e") and uc($_) or $_)) for split("", "Perl Weekly Challenge")
diff --git a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl
index cb8a9074af..00372d5c38 100644
--- a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl
+++ b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-print((join( "", (!($_ % 3) and "Fizz" or ""), (!($_ % 5) and "Buzz" or "") ) or $_), "\n") for 1..20;
-
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+print((join( "", (!($_ % 3) and "Fizz" or ""), (!($_ % 5) and "Buzz" or "") ) or $_), "\n") for 1..20;
diff --git a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6 b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6
index c35822d44b..e20ce33987 100644
--- a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6
+++ b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+
print((($_ eq "e") and uc($_) or $_)) for split("", "Perl Weekly Challenge")
diff --git a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6 b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6
index cb8a9074af..00372d5c38 100644
--- a/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6
+++ b/challenge-001/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-print((join( "", (!($_ % 3) and "Fizz" or ""), (!($_ % 5) and "Buzz" or "") ) or $_), "\n") for 1..20;
-
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+print((join( "", (!($_ % 3) and "Fizz" or ""), (!($_ % 5) and "Buzz" or "") ) or $_), "\n") for 1..20;
diff --git a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl
index f7787b8a04..ffbf7bc003 100644
--- a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl
+++ b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-1.pl
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+
my @ARGV = do { sub eval($_) { &EVAL($_) }; eval( ("0" and q|@*ARGS| or q|@ARGV|) ) }; print("$_\n") for map &{ sub ($_) { /^0(0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9)+/ and (0+$_) or $_ } }.(), @ARGV;
diff --git a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl
index f6d6226cda..95628189ed 100644
--- a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl
+++ b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl5/ch-2.pl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+
my @ARGV = do { sub eval { chomp &EVAL(@_) }; eval( ("0" and q|@*ARGS| or q|@ARGV|) ) };
my ($state, $result, $dict, $base35) = (1, "", {}, @ARGV[0]);
$dict{$_} = $_ for "1".."9";
diff --git a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6 b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6
index f7787b8a04..ffbf7bc003 100644
--- a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6
+++ b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-1.p6
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+
my @ARGV = do { sub eval($_) { &EVAL($_) }; eval( ("0" and q|@*ARGS| or q|@ARGV|) ) }; print("$_\n") for map &{ sub ($_) { /^0(0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9)+/ and (0+$_) or $_ } }.(), @ARGV;
diff --git a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6 b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6
index f6d6226cda..95628189ed 100644
--- a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6
+++ b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/ch-2.p6
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+
my @ARGV = do { sub eval { chomp &EVAL(@_) }; eval( ("0" and q|@*ARGS| or q|@ARGV|) ) };
my ($state, $result, $dict, $base35) = (1, "", {}, @ARGV[0]);
$dict{$_} = $_ for "1".."9";
diff --git a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/to-base35.p6 b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/to-base35.p6
index 683acda914..e4f7e98a95 100644
--- a/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/to-base35.p6
+++ b/challenge-002/nick-logan/perl6/to-base35.p6
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# WARNING: this polyglot breaks best practices of both Perl 5 and Perl 6 in order to run on both
+
# bin/to-base35
sub to_int($_) { my @i = split(/"."/, $_[0]); @i[0] };
my @ARGV = do { sub eval { chomp &EVAL(@_) }; eval( ("0" and q|@*ARGS| or q|@ARGV|) ) };
@@ -5,7 +7,7 @@ my ($result, $dict, $base10) = ("", {}, @ARGV[0]);
$dict{$_} = $_ for "1".."9";
$dict{ord($_) - 55} = $_ for "A".."Y";
while ($base10 > 0) {
- $result = join("", $dict{to_int($base10 % 35)}, $result);
- $base10 = to_int($base10 / 35);
+ $result = join("", $dict{to_int($base10 % 35)}, $result);
+ $base10 = to_int($base10 / 35);
}
print("$result\n");
diff --git a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-1.pl b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl5/ch-1.pl
index ac4cf70614..ac4cf70614 100755
--- a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-1.pl
+++ b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl5/ch-1.pl
diff --git a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-2.pl b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl5/ch-2.pl
index 66e78301c8..66e78301c8 100755
--- a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-2.pl
+++ b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl5/ch-2.pl
diff --git a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-1.p6 b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl6/ch-1.p6
index 4ce164234e..4ce164234e 100755
--- a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-1.p6
+++ b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl6/ch-1.p6
diff --git a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-2.p6 b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl6/ch-2.p6
index c011ae237c..c011ae237c 100755
--- a/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/ch-2.p6
+++ b/challenge-002/ruben-westerberg/perl6/ch-2.p6
diff --git a/challenge-003/alex-daniel/README b/challenge-003/alex-daniel/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65550789bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/alex-daniel/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Solution by Alex Daniel.
diff --git a/challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-1.pl b/challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-1.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cec1731d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-003/
+# Challenge #1
+# Create a script to generate 5-smooth numbers, whose prime divisors are less or equal to 5.
+# They are also called Hamming/Regular/Ugly numbers.
+# For more information, please check this wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_number
+
+use strict;
+
+my $last = shift || 20;
+
+foreach my $n ( 1 .. $last ) {
+ my $r = $n;
+ for (2,3,5) { $r /= $_ until ($r % $_) }
+ print $n.$/ if ($r == 1);
+}
diff --git a/challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-2.pl b/challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-2.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d9d8e208a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/andrezgz/perl5/ch-2.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-003/
+# Challenge #2
+# Create a script that generates Pascal Triangle. Accept number of rows from the command line.
+# The Pascal Triangle should have at least 3 rows.
+# For more information about Pascal Triangle, check this wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_triangle
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $rows = $ARGV[0] || 0;
+
+if ($rows < 3) {
+ print "The Pascal Triangle should have at least 3 rows\n";
+ $rows = 3;
+}
+
+my @row = (1);
+
+while ($rows) {
+ print join(' ',@row) .$/;
+ $rows--;
+ @row = map {$row[$_] += $row[$_+1]} 0..@row-2;
+ unshift @row, 1;
+ push @row, 1;
+}
diff --git a/challenge-003/cliveholloway/README b/challenge-003/cliveholloway/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b69201296e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/cliveholloway/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Solution by Clive Holloway
diff --git a/challenge-003/cliveholloway/perl5/ch-2.pl b/challenge-003/cliveholloway/perl5/ch-2.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..be67bd4673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/cliveholloway/perl5/ch-2.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use v5.012;
+
+my @out=([1],[1,1]);
+
+for (3..$ARGV[0]) {
+ my @new_row=(1,@{$out[-1]});
+ for (1..$#{$out[-1]}) {
+ $new_row[$_] = $out[-1][$_-1] + $out[-1][$_];
+ }
+ push @out, \@new_row;
+}
+
+# format data for output - obviously you'll run out of terminal at some point,
+# so, this is just a pretty demo output
+my $longest_length = length("@{$out[-1]}");
+for (0..$#out) {
+ $out[$_] = "@{$out[$_]}";
+ my $this_length = length($out[$_]);
+ say ' 'x(($longest_length-$this_length)/2).$out[$_];
+}
diff --git a/challenge-003/daniel-mantovani/perl5/ch-1.pl b/challenge-003/daniel-mantovani/perl5/ch-1.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa23ce0075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/daniel-mantovani/perl5/ch-1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use v5.10;
+
+my $q = $ARGV[0];
+
+die
+ "Usage: perl $0 <n>\n\nwhere <n> is the (integer) quantity of hamming numbers you ask"
+ unless $q && $q =~ /^\d+$/;
+
+my @primes = (2, 3, 5);
+
+# for each prime, we will define one vector (array), whith just one element [1]
+# note that [1] will be first hamming code inside each array!
+
+my %vec;
+$vec{$_} = [1] for @primes;
+
+for my $i (1 .. $q) {
+
+# just look for the min value from the head of v2, v3 or v5
+# (without using List::Util, as the challenge encourages no to use external modules)
+ my $h;
+ map { $h = $vec{$_}[0] unless $h && $h < $vec{$_}[0] } @primes;
+
+ # and we just got the next hamming number!
+ say "$i\t", $h;
+
+ for my $f (@primes) { # now for every prime factor
+ # remove this value on each vector where it is present
+ shift @{$vec{$f}} if $vec{$f}[0] == $h;
+
+ # and finally calculate and insert new values to each vector
+ # note that new pushed value is higer than any previous value in each vector
+ push @{$vec{$f}}, $h * $f;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/README b/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/README
index 81f31dc7c0..d6a6cb2f04 100644
--- a/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/README
+++ b/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/README
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-Solution by Duncan C. White
+I have investigated Challenge 1 (the Regular numbers) reasonably thoroughly,
+building and comparing 4 iterative solutions to generate them. I also
+investigated a Lazy List version, storing the tail of the list as a promise -
+a function to call when you wanted the next head item, and the returned tail
+is another promise - to generate the next item later when needed. However,
+I couldn't get that to work so abandoned it:-)
+
+Challenge 2 (Pascal's Triangle) by contrast is pretty basic and simple-minded.
diff --git a/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-1.pl b/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-1.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3e6cf63ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# iterative generation of the first N regular numbers
+# (numbers of the form 2^i.3^j.5^k)
+# in ascending order, using 4 different algorithms.
+#
+# This program takes two optional arguments:
+# ch-1-pl [benchmark [firstN]]
+# where benchmark defaults to 0, and firstN to 1000.
+# - If benchmark is 0, we run each algorithm in turn
+# and minimally checks that each algorithm generates
+# the same list.
+# - If benchmark is any non-zero value (+ or -), each
+# algorithm is Benchmarked with the $benchmark value
+# as Benchmark::timethese's first parameter. Thus,
+# a +ve value means "benchmark this many iterations",
+# while a -ve value means "benchmark for abs(this) seconds".
+#
+# So, for example:
+# ./ch-1.pl 0
+# runs all 4 algorithms, telling you whether each result is the same..
+# but:
+# ./ch-1.pl -60
+# runs all 4 algorithms repeatedly under Benchmark, and reports:
+# Benchmark: running v1, v2, v3, v4 for at least 60 CPU seconds...
+# v1: 69 wallclock secs (68.38 usr + 0.00 sys = 68.38 CPU) @ 0.06/s (n=4)
+# v2: 64 wallclock secs (63.17 usr + 0.00 sys = 63.17 CPU) @ 26.29/s (n=1661)
+# v3: 62 wallclock secs (62.54 usr + 0.00 sys = 62.54 CPU) @ 45.24/s (n=2829)
+# v4: 63 wallclock secs (63.38 usr + 0.00 sys = 63.38 CPU) @ 127.90/s (n=8106)
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Benchmark qw(:all) ;
+
+#
+# my @result = firstn_regnos_v1( $n );
+# Generate the first N regular numbers via basic GENERATE AND TEST:
+# generate every integer, then check "is it 2^i.3^j.5^k for any i,j,k"?
+# Returns a list of the first N regular numbers.
+#
+sub firstn_regnos_v1
+{
+ my( $n ) = @_;
+ my @result = (1);
+ for( my $x=2; @result<$n; $x++ )
+ {
+ my $y=$x;
+ $y/=5 while $y%5==0;
+ $y/=3 while $y%3==0;
+ $y/=2 while $y%2==0;
+ push @result, $x if $y==1;
+ }
+ return @result;
+}
+
+
+#
+# my @result = firstn_regnos_v2( $n );
+# Generate the first N regular numbers via a todo set
+# of higher 2^i.3^j.5^k values that we haven't yet
+# checked, and sorting the todo list to pick the smallest
+# every time. Returns a list of the first N regular numbers.
+#
+sub firstn_regnos_v2
+{
+ my( $n ) = @_;
+ my @result = (1);
+ my %todo = map { $_ => 1 } qw(2 3 5);
+ for( my $i=1; $i<$n; $i++ )
+ {
+ my @todo = sort { $a <=> $b } keys %todo;
+ my $next = shift @todo;
+ push @result, $next;
+ # update the todo set: next is done, so remove it
+ delete $todo{$next};
+ # update the todo set: add 2*next, 3*nect and 5*next
+ $todo{2*$next}++;
+ $todo{3*$next}++;
+ $todo{5*$next}++;
+ }
+ return @result;
+}
+
+
+#
+# my @result = firstn_regnos_v3( $n );
+# Generate the first N regular numbers via a todo set
+# of higher 2^i.3^j.5^k values that we haven't yet
+# checked. It's the same as _v2 EXCEPT that we pick the
+# smallest element in a different and more efficient way -
+# by searching linearly through the todo set - instead of
+# forming a list and sorting it, every time.
+# Returns a list of the first N regular numbers.
+#
+sub firstn_regnos_v3
+{
+ my( $n ) = @_;
+ my @result = (1);
+ my %v = map { $_ => 1 } qw(2 3 5);
+ for( my $i=1; $i<$n; $i++ )
+ {
+ my $min = each %v;
+ while( my $v = each %v )
+ {
+ $min = $v if $min>$v;
+ }
+ my $next = $min;
+ push @result, $next;
+ delete $v{$next};
+ $v{2*$next}++;
+ $v{3*$next}++;
+ $v{5*$next}++;
+ }
+ return @result;
+}
+
+
+#
+# my @result = firstn_regnos_v4( $firstn );
+# Generate the first $firstn regular numbers via a more
+# constrained "todo set" that never has both than
+# one term i-j-X or i-X-k or X-j-k in. This is faster
+# and uses less memory.
+# Returns a list of the first $firstn regular numbers.
+#
+sub firstn_regnos_v4
+{
+ my( $firstn ) = @_;
+ my @result = ();
+ my @next = ( [ 1,0,0,0 ] ); # list of N-i-j-k 4-tuples
+ my %haveij; # distinct "i-j" pairs in @next
+ my %haveik; # distinct "i-k" pairs
+ my %havejk; # distinct "j-k" pairs
+ for( my $a=1; $a<=$firstn; $a++ )
+ {
+ my $tuple = shift @next;
+ my( $n, $i, $j, $k ) = @$tuple;
+ #print "debug: result n=$n, i=$i, j=$j, k=$k\n";
+ push @result, $n;
+ # remove i-j-k from have* now that n-i-j-k is done
+ delete $haveij{"$i-$j"};
+ delete $haveik{"$i-$k"};
+ delete $havejk{"$j-$k"};
+ # consider each of (i+1,j,k), (i,j+1,k) and (i,j,k+1)
+ foreach my $newt ( [$n*2, $i+1, $j, $k],
+ [$n*3, $i, $j+1, $k],
+ [$n*5, $i, $j, $k+1] )
+ {
+ my( $newn, $x, $y, $z ) = @$newt;
+ #print "debug: found possible next n=$newn, x=$x, y=$y, z=$z\n";
+
+ # skip newn-x-y-z if we already known x-y-? or x-?-z or ?-x-z
+ # as this is a higher power combination that we will discover later
+ next if $haveij{"$x-$y"} || $haveik{"$x-$z"} || $havejk{"$y-$z"};
+
+ # ok, so newn-x-y-z is genuinely new: add it, first to have*
+ $haveij{"$x-$y"}++;
+ $haveik{"$x-$z"}++;
+ $havejk{"$y-$z"}++;
+ #print "debug: found actual next n=$newn, x=$x, y=$y, z=$z\n";
+
+ # second, insert $newn, $x, $y, $z into @next in sorted-by-N order
+ # - find first pos s.t. next[pos]>newn
+ my $pos;
+ for( $pos=0; $pos < @next && $next[$pos]->[0] < $newn; $pos ++ )
+ {
+ }
+ # - add new item in at pos $pos:
+ splice( @next, $pos, 0, $newt );
+ }
+ }
+ return @result;
+}
+
+
+# -------------------------------- Main program --------------------------------
+
+
+my $benchmark = shift // 0;
+my $firstn = shift // 1000;
+
+if( $benchmark )
+{
+ timethese( $benchmark, {
+ 'v1' => sub { firstn_regnos_v1( $firstn ) },
+ 'v2' => sub { firstn_regnos_v2( $firstn ) },
+ 'v3' => sub { firstn_regnos_v3( $firstn ) },
+ 'v4' => sub { firstn_regnos_v4( $firstn ) },
+ });
+} else
+{
+ print "calculating first $firstn regular numbers by v1 (generate and test):\n";
+ my @result = firstn_regnos_v1( $firstn );
+ my $s1 = join(',', @result);
+ print "they are: $s1\n";
+
+ print "calculating first $firstn regular numbers via v2 (todo+sort):\n";
+ @result = firstn_regnos_v2( $firstn );
+ my $s2 = join(',', @result);
+ #print "they are: $s2\n";
+
+ my $same = $s1 eq $s2 ? "same" : "different";
+ print "v1 and v2: $same\n";
+
+ print "calculating first $firstn regular numbers via v3 (todo+find-smallest):\n";
+ @result = firstn_regnos_v3( $firstn );
+ my $s3 = join(',', @result);
+
+ $same = $s1 eq $s3 ? "same" : "different";
+ print "v1 and v3: $same\n";
+
+ print "calculating first $firstn regular numbers via v4 (clever):\n";
+ @result = firstn_regnos_v4( $firstn );
+ my $s4 = join(',', @result);
+ #print "v4: result $s4\n";
+
+ $same = $s1 eq $s4 ? "same" : "different";
+ print "v1 and v4: $same\n";
+}
diff --git a/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-2.pl b/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-2.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5109322548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenge-003/duncan-c-white/perl5/ch-2.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# generate the first N rows of Pascal's triangle, no cleverness, just the
+# basic formula.
+
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Function::Parameters;
+
+my $n = shift // 1000;
+
+my @curr = (1); # current row
+my @next; # next row, one element longer than @curr
+
+for( my $row=1; $row<=$n; $row++ )
+{
+ print "row $row: ".join(',',@curr)."\n";
+ @next = ( );
+ for( my $i=0; $i<=@curr; $i++ )
+ {
+ $next[$i] = ($i==0?0:$curr[$i-1]) + ($i==@curr?0:$curr[$i]);
+ }
+ @curr = @next;
+}
diff --git a/challenge-003/fjwhittle/README b/challenge-003/fjwhittle/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dcc95e189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/