#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my ($x, $y, $k, $counter);
my @b = split //, " .:,;!/>)|&IH%*#";

my ($r, $i, $z, $Z, $t, $c, $C);
my ($begin, $end);
$counter = 0;

$begin = time;

while ($counter < 1000) {
    for ($y = 30 ; $C = $y * 0.1 - 1.5, $y--;) {
        print "\n";
        for ($x = 0 ; $c = $x * 0.04 - 2, $z = 0, $Z = 0, $x++ < 75 ;)
+ {
            for (
                    $r = $c, $i = $C, $k = 0 ;
                    $t = $z * $z - $Z * $Z + $r, $Z = 2 * $z * $Z + $i
+, $z = $t,
                    $k < 112 ;
                    $k++
                )
            {
                last if ($z * $z + $Z * $Z > 10);
            }
            print $b[ $k % 16 ];
        }
    }
    $counter++;
}

$end = time;

printf("%d count in %ld secs \n", $counter, $end - $begin);

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