note jonadab <p>++ for pointing out that select can be used this way; I had thought it had to do with filehandles, and had not realised this use for it.</p> <p>As for the rest of your improvements... well, I'll have to look at those when I have more time. </p> <p><strong>update:</strong> I've looked at them now, and they all seem pretty straightforward; you just did a more thorough job of golfing than I. </p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-230012"> <hr></hr> <code>$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}} split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/</code> </div></div> 297319 297394