http://qs321.pair.com?node_id=11126487

May take a while on an old PC.

Also see Progressive JAPH by Athanasius.

$|++,$a=$b='Ktru!`onuids!Qdsm!i`bjds-',$==length$b,$b^="\01"x$=, @_=map{chr}(32..126);while($=>(($a^$b)=~tr/\x0//)){for(sort{rand >.5}1..$=){substr($a,$_-$|,1)ne(substr($b,$_-1,1))and substr($a, $_-$|,1)=@_[rand@_],print"\r",$a;select($,,$,,$,,.001)}};print$/

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Re: Cumulative Guessing JAPH
by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 07, 2021 at 09:09 UTC
    Cool! Also check Pumping JAPH :-)
    map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]

      That's really cool. Now I'm trapped making some variant of it that's worth posting!

Re: Cumulative Guessing JAPH
by jszinger (Scribe) on Jan 07, 2021 at 18:18 UTC

      Why would this take a long time on an old PC?

      Yes, it's wouldn't. Just encouraging people to wait it out, it can run more than 10 seconds or so.

Re: Cumulative Guessing JAPH
by stevieb (Canon) on Jan 07, 2021 at 18:49 UTC

    This is superbly awesome!