This works.
#!/usr/bin/perl -T -w use strict; #OK I could have packed this and eval'd it but I'm lazy. # # Useless poem code follows. my @poem = split //, "The sky rolled over the hill to reveal a tower, +bright and blue, turned to mirror reflecting you"; my @reverse = (33, +7,28,0,20,5,16,84,17,10,0,10,0,22,0,29,25,23,0,73,25,72,10,84,72,13,9 +,2,82,1,27,0,94,0,3,9,3,76,68,15,65,84,27,31,2,27,94,66,66,94,27,2,31 +,27,84,65,15,68,76,3,9,3,0,94,0,27,1,82,2,9,13,72,84,10,72,25,73,0,23 +,25,29,0,22,0,10,0,10,17,84,16,5,20,0,28,7,33); my @author = (107,104 +,116,110,52,64,102,49,99,99,116,126); my $temp = $#author; my $counte +r=$#poem; my $anticounter=0; while ($counter>=0) { print "1>\t"; print $poem[$counter]^chr($reverse[$counter]); print "\n2>"; print chr($reverse[$counter])^$poem[$anticounter]; print "\n"; $counter--; $anticounter++; } $counter=$counter^$counter; print "\nBy "; while ($counter<=$temp) { print chr($author[$counter]^$reverse[$counter]); $counter++; } print "\n";

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