Solutions

Strict solutions to all exercises, base64-encoded:

1 b3VyIEB4OyBteSAkeTsgKng9c3Vie1xAX30tPigkeSwkeSk=
2 e2ZvbztyZWRvfQ==
3a bXkgJGZvbyA9IFt7MSwgMX1d
3b c3ViIHogOiBsdmFsdWUgeyAkOjp6WzFdIH0gbXkgJGZvbyA9ICp6
4 ZHVtcDs7 or ZHVtcCgp or fn5kdW1w, etc :-)
5 c3ViIGZvbyB7IG15ICR4IGlmIDA7IC4uLiB9
6 b3VyICgkeCwgJHkpID0gKCp4LCBldmFsICJsb2NhbCAqeCIp
7 bXkgJGZvbyA9ICpTVERPVVR7SU99
8 b3VyICRmb287ICpmb28gPSBcKyskfA==
9a bXkgJGZvbyA9IFwkXlM=
9b cGFja2FnZSBZO291ciRmb289XDA7JFg6OmZvbz1cIiAiOypZOjo9Klg6Og==
or JGZvbz0iXzwoZXZhbCAxKSI= (non-strict original)
10 QkVHSU57Knk6Oj0qeDo6PSQ6Onk9Kjo6fQ==
11 KkNPUkU6OkdMT0JBTDo6Z2xvYj1zdWJ7fQ==

For the bonus exercise, see the explanation above

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Re: Solutions by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 28, 2003 at 23:56 UTC
Fun! Now let's see you come up with 10 more for next weeks quiz:) Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail Hooray!	[reply]
Re: Re: Solutions by xmath (Hermit) on Oct 28, 2003 at 23:57 UTC
argh :-)	[reply]
Re: Solutions by mauke (Novice) on Oct 30, 2003 at 21:21 UTC
Another (strict) solution for 9b: `BEGIN {$^H \|= 0x30000} $^H{'qr'} = sub {''}; my $foo = \'';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Solutions by Anonymous Monk on Oct 29, 2003 at 00:01 UTC
Another solution for E8: `KmZvbyA9IFxsb2NhbCAkMQ==` This one relies on a bug in perl.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Solutions by jettero (Monsignor) on Mar 12, 2009 at 12:41 UTC
I think the answer to number 2 is unnecessarily obfu. You can actually do it with while too... Perhaps it should ask without using while? UPDATE: I'm pretty sure they shortened the number of characters since I wrote this. -Paul	[reply]
Re^2: Solutions by xmath (Hermit) on Jul 30, 2009 at 18:32 UTC
In 10 chars? `while(){foo} # 12 chars foo while 1 # 11 chars` [download]	[reply] [d/l]


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