solutions for challenge 042

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diff --git a/challenge-042/adam-russell/blog.txt b/challenge-042/adam-russell/blog.txt
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+https://adamcrussell.livejournal.com/14160.html
diff --git a/challenge-042/adam-russell/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-042/adam-russell/perl/ch-1.pl
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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+##
+# Write a script to print decimal number 0 to 50 in octal.
+##
+MAIN:{
+    for my $x (0..50){
+        print "Decimal $x = Octal " . sprintf("%o", $x) . "\n";
+    } 
+}
diff --git a/challenge-042/adam-russell/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-042/adam-russell/perl/ch-2.pl
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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+##
+# Write a script to generate a string with a random 
+# number of ( and ) parentheses. Make the script validate 
+# the string for balanced parentheses.
+##
+use boolean; 
+use constant LENGTH => 4;
+use constant OPEN => "(";
+use constant CLOSE => ")";  
+
+sub build{
+    my $s;
+    for (0 .. (LENGTH - 1)){
+        my $p = rand() < 0.5 ? OPEN : CLOSE;  
+        $s .= $p;
+    }
+    return $s;   
+}
+
+sub validate{
+    my($s) = @_; 
+    my @a; 
+    for my $c (split(//, $s)){
+        push @a, $c if($c eq OPEN);  
+        if($c eq CLOSE){
+            return false if(!@a || pop @a ne OPEN);     
+        }  
+    }
+    return true if !@a;     
+    return false;
+}
+
+MAIN:{
+    my $s = build();
+    my $r = validate($s) ?  "balanced" : "not balanced"; 
+    print "$s is $r\n"; 
+}