Re: Programming Puzzles

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Re^2: Programming Puzzles
by neniro (Priest) on Aug 12, 2005 at 21:31 UTC

Maybe this is useful (i haven't seen the riddle): pickle is serializing in python, like storable in perl.

by etcshadow (Priest) on Aug 12, 2005 at 21:38 UTC

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Re^4: Programming Puzzles

by bmann (Priest) on Aug 12, 2005 at 22:04 UTC

Python::Serialise::Pickle

untested, of course!

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Re^4: Programming Puzzles

by gawatkins (Monsignor) on Aug 16, 2005 at 13:08 UTC

From the FAQ:

Do I have to use Python to solve the riddles? Most of the riddles can be solved with any language. Currently, only riddles 5 and 23 require Python. The hints in all riddles are geared towards Python programmers.

I am sure there is a Perl way for 23 as well-if not, one will soon be posted to CPAN.

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Re^2: Programming Puzzles
by exussum0 (Vicar) on Aug 12, 2005 at 21:52 UTC

Solution (
it turns out to be a banner that says "channel"
)

The next one will prove to take a bit of effort, but after playing w/ their hints for a while, i was able to get something recognizable. Then it was a matter of shapping the output. It's much harder, I think, than doing it in python, but most are doable in perl too.

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Re^3: Programming Puzzles

by kscaldef (Pilgrim) on Aug 14, 2005 at 02:48 UTC

Can you really manage level 6 without using Python (and a recent Python at that)? Without giving too much of a spoiler, it seems like a critical bit of information is encoded in some way that the standard tools for working with this file format don't seem to be aware of. Update: nevermind. I needed to read the documentation more closely.

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