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diff --git a/challenge-142/wlmb/blog.txt b/challenge-142/wlmb/blog.txt
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+https://wlmb.github.io/2021/12/09/PWC142/
diff --git a/challenge-142/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-142/wlmb/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 142
+# Task 1: divisor last digit
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2021/12/09/PWC142/#task-1-divisor-last-digit
+use v5.12;
+use warnings;
+
+say("Usage: ./ch-1.pl m n\nto count divisors of m ending in n"), exit unless @ARGV==2;
+my ($m,$n)=@ARGV;
+my $q=sqrt($m);
+my @divisors_ending_in_n=grep {$_=~/$n$/}
+    my @divisors=sort {$a<=>$b} map {1<$_<$q?($_, $m/$_):$_} grep {$m%$_==0}(1..$q);
+say "Input: m=$m n=$n,\nOutput: ", scalar(@divisors_ending_in_n),
+    "\nas the divisors of $m are: ", join(" ", @divisors),
+    "\nand those ending in $n are: ", join(" ", @divisors_ending_in_n), "\n";
diff --git a/challenge-142/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-142/wlmb/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Perl weekly challenge 142
+# Task 2: sleep sort
+#
+# See https://wlmb.github.io/2021/12/09/PWC142/#task-2-sleep-sort
+use v5.12;
+use warnings;
+use Time::HiRes qw(sleep time);
+use POSIX ":sys_wait_h";
+my %value_for_kid;
+my @ordered;
+say("Usage: ./ch-2.pl scale a b c...\nto sort the numbers a b c...\n".
+    "   Uses sleep sort. Sleep time is scale*number seconds"),
+    exit if @ARGV<=1;
+my $scale=shift @ARGV;
+foreach(@ARGV){
+    my $pid=fork;
+    die "couldn't fork" unless defined $pid;
+    if($pid==0){
+	sleep($scale*$_);
+	exit 0;
+    }
+    $value_for_kid{$pid}=$_;
+}
+
+while ((my $pid = waitpid(-1, 0))>0){
+    push @ordered, $value_for_kid{$pid};
+}
+
+say "\nInput: ", join ", ", @ARGV;
+say "Scale: $scale";
+say "Output: ", join ", ", @ordered;