And here we are halfway through TPR06. Rick is still still defending the alien league, but new star Michael Rybakin is very close, while Terje and Stepthen Turner could start a serious attack on the pole position any time. Still, the churn at the top has definitely slowed down.
The beginners still have a hot fight going, with Giovans currently in the lead. Especially old hand BigrTex is turning in a fine performance. Bob was doing quite well at the start, but currently isn't feeling too well. A 54.55 exists that would have worked in old perls, but in fact fails on 5.8.0. Some other solutions on the board however are the other way 'round, work now, would not have worked with 5.6.1. Still, generally the perl version seems to make little difference in this game. It's interesting to note how most people concentrate on one particular method, while BoB has solutions that would put him in the top 5 with (variations of) either algorithm 1 or algorithm 2 -- I have a quantum car. Every time i look at the speedometer, I get lost.
