Siphoning the Python

Jun 11, 2005 17:46

This has been around for a wee while now, but those of you interested in such things may be amused by the Python Challenge - a sort of web treasure hunt where you have to work out the next URL. This example of the genre is quite artfully done such that you need to write little scripts (supposedly in Python, but I'm using Perl so far since I don't know Python - no problems up to level 4[1] but apparently there are Python-specific bits later on) since it's deliberately crafted to take ages to do by hand, unlike, say, the Deathball version.

Addendum: Unfortunately, level 5 requires a particular Python library. Verdammt.

[1] Whilst I have known about this for weeks, I am only just now finding the time to fiddle with it
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