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diff --git a/challenge-173/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-173/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use experimental qw{ say postderef signatures state };
+
+my @numbers = ( 5456, 120, 123 );
+
+for my $n (@numbers) {
+    my $str = 'is not an esthetic number ';
+    if ( is_esthetic($n) ) { $str = 'is an esthetic number ' }
+    say qq{  $n $str};
+}
+
+sub is_esthetic($n) {
+    my @n = split //, $n;
+    for my $i ( 1 .. -1 + scalar @n ) {
+        my $j = $i - 1;
+        my $e = abs $n[$i] - $n[$j];
+        return 0 if $e != 1;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
diff --git a/challenge-173/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-173/dave-jacoby/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use experimental qw{ say postderef signatures state };
+
+# this looks like a job for iteration
+
+use List::Util qw{ product };
+use Math::BigInt;
+
+# Did I mention that I like Math::BigInt?
+
+my @n = map { Math::BigInt->new($_) } ( 2, 3 );
+
+while ( scalar @n < 10 ) {
+    my $x = Math::BigInt->bone();;
+    push @n, 1 + product @n ;
+}
+say join "\n  ", '', @n;