# Ryan Thompson ## Week 342 Solutions ### Task 1 › Balanced Strings * [Perl](perl/ch-1.pl) ### Task 2 › Max Score * [Perl](perl/ch-2.pl) ## Blog * [Perfectly Balanced and Pointlessly Optimized](https://ry.ca/2025/10/pwc-342-balanced-optimized/) ## Tests For Perl solutions, if I have provided tests, you can run them as follows: chdir perl prove