# you can use print for debugging purposes, e.g. # print "this is a debug message\n"; use Data::Dumper; sub solution { my ($L)=@_; print Dumper $L; # write your code in Perl 5.14 } #### Running solution... Compilation successful. Example test: [1, 1, 1, 1] Output (stderr): WARNING: producing output may seriously slow down your code! Output: