After updating to the most current Pugs and incorporating all the ideas above, here is my final strike on the Santa Claus Perl6/Pugs Golf Apocalypse: 
--- head.p6 ---------------------------------------------
print*(=open@ARGS[0])[0..9]
--- tail.p6 ---------------------------------------------
my@l= =open@ARGS[0];
print@l[(@l>9??@l-10::0)...]
--- rev.p6  ---------------------------------------------
print reverse=open@ARGS[0]
--- mid.p6  ---------------------------------------------
my@l= =open@ARGS[0];
print@l[int((@l-1)/2)..int(@l/2)]
--- wc.p6   ---------------------------------------------
say*(split"",int(7e10+ +*(=open@ARGS[0])))[1..11]

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It is all but nice but is is actually only 203 strokes...:-)

rg0now

In reply to Re: Replaying Santa Claus Golf Apocalypse with Pugs/Perl6 by rg0now
in thread Replaying Santa Claus Golf Apocalypse with Pugs/Perl6 by eyepopslikeamosquito

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