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diff --git a/challenge-128/stuart-little/python/ch-1.py b/challenge-128/stuart-little/python/ch-1.py
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+++ b/challenge-128/stuart-little/python/ch-1.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# run <script> <space-separated binary words, with one word representing each row>
+
+from functools import reduce
+import re
+import sys
+
+rows,cols=0,0
+
+def mrg(s1,s2):
+    return f"{int(bin(int(s1,2) | int(s2,2))[2:]):0{len(s1)}d}"
+
+for (i,j) in [(i,j) for i in range(len(sys.argv[1:])) for j in range(i,len(sys.argv[1:]))]:
+    mx=max(re.split(r"[^0]+",reduce(mrg,sys.argv[1+i:2+j])), key=len)
+    if (j-i+1)*len(mx) > rows*cols:
+        rows,cols=j-i+1,len(mx)
+
+print("\n".join(['0' * cols] * rows))
diff --git a/challenge-128/stuart-little/python/ch-2.py b/challenge-128/stuart-little/python/ch-2.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# run <script> <starting arrivals followed by departures, all space-separated>
+
+import sys
+
+times = sorted([ (x,y % (len(sys.argv[1:])//2)) for (x,y) in zip(sys.argv[1:], range(len(sys.argv[1:])))], key=lambda x: x[0])
+sol=0
+station=[0] * (len(sys.argv[1:])//2)
+
+for tm in times:
+    station[tm[1]]^=1
+    if sum(station) > sol:
+        sol = sum(station)
+
+print(sol)