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The second solution has a problem: each chop reduces $_ by one character until $_ is the empty string — which is what gets printed when $n is 65. My fix has 59 characters:

But the first solution can be reduced a little to 54 characters:

:-)

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re^2: Homework Golf by Athanasius
in thread Homework Golf by McD

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