Thanks Grimy.

By the way, the PHP md5 solution works in Perl too since these two languages have essentially the same bitwise string operators: 

use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
sub r {uppp&md5_hex$_.PQcUv}
print "$_: ", 0+r(), "\n" for (qw(I V X L C D M));

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I've updated the Perl summary of shortest solutions in the root node like so: 

VLD=~$_*5+IXCM=~$_."E@-"    # Perl
10**(7&5045e8/ord)%2857     # Perl (64-bit)
IXCMVLD=~$_;"1E@-"%9995     # Perl
XCMVLD=~$_;"1E@+"%9995      # Perl (Grimy improvement)
uppp&md5_hex$_.PQcUv        # Perl (needs Digest::MD5 module)

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As you can see, if Perl had a md5 built-in function, this would be the shortest Perl solution -- even with a ridiculously long md5_hex function name!

Update: for full details on how I happened to find this md5 solution, see Re^2: The golf course looks great, my swing feels good, I like my chances (Part III).

In reply to Re^2: The 10**21 Problem (Part I) by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread The 10**21 Problem (Part I) by eyepopslikeamosquito

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