Perlgolf History Perlgolf History Contents 1. Intro.............................................................................................................................................. 11 2. On The Game............................................................................................................................... 13 2.1. History..................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2. For Newbies ............................................................................................................................ 13 2.3. Notation................................................................................................................................... 13 2.4. Generic Rules.......................................................................................................................... 14 2.4.1. Perl Versions ..............................................................................................................................................................................................16 2.4.2. Some Assumptions .....................................................................................................................................................................................16 2.5. Open Source Tournament Engines.......................................................................................... 17 2.5.1. PGAS..........................................................................................................................................................................................................17 2.5.2. JAGGS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................17 3. Games – Pretournaments ........................................................................................................... 18 3.1. Andrew’s Santa Claus Golf Apocalypse................................................................................. 18 3.1.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................18 3.1.2. Solutions Hole 1 (head) ..............................................................................................................................................................................19 3.1.3. Solutions Hole 2 (tail).................................................................................................................................................................................20 3.1.4. Solutions Hole 3 (rev).................................................................................................................................................................................21 3.1.5. Solutions Hole 4 (mid)................................................................................................................................................................................22 3.1.6. Solutions Hole 5 (wc) .................................................................................................................................................................................24 3.2. Ton’s Open Ircnet Perl Golf Challenge................................................................................... 26 3.2.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................26 3.2.2. Solutions with explanation..........................................................................................................................................................................27 3.3. Andrew’s “Get Even”.............................................................................................................. 34 3.3.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................34 3.3.2. Solutions Hole 1 (Get Even).......................................................................................................................................................................36 3.3.3. Solutions Hole 2 (Golf Scorer) ...................................................................................................................................................................40 3.4. LAPM#1 "Factorial" ............................................................................................................... 43 3.4.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................43 3.4.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................43 3.5. LAPM#2 "Hamming Code".................................................................................................... 44 3.5.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................44 3.5.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................45 3.6. TopMach’s "Arabic to Roman number translator" ................................................................. 45 3.6.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................46 3.6.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................47 3.7. TopMach’s "Odd Number Math Magic Square" .................................................................... 47 3.7.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................47 3.7.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................48 3.7.3. Explanation.................................................................................................................................................................................................48 3.8. Ton’s Minigolf 2 "Closest Number" ....................................................................................... 48 3.8.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................48 3.8.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................49 3.9. Ton’s Midigolf 1 "Labyrinth" ................................................................................................. 49 3.9.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................49 3.9.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................49 3.10. Ton’s Irongolf 1...................................................................................................................... 49 3.10.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................49 3.10.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................51 3.11. Terje’s Cryptoanalysis............................................................................................................. 51 3.11.1. Rules...........................................................................................................................................................................................................51 3.11.2. Solutions.....................................................................................................................................................................................................52 3.12. Ton’s Maxigolf 1 "Stones".....................................................................................................