Jactl 2.0.0 is a major release that fixes a few bugs and adds some new language features. The biggest new feature is powerful pattern matching with destructuring via a new switch expression.

The forthcoming Jactl release (2.0.0) introduces switch expressions which provide the same functionality as switch statements/expressions in Java but, in addition, also provides the ability to do powerful pattern matching with destructuring that is common in many functional languages.

An easy day where we had to calculate the next number for each of a given set of number series. After stumbling on a stupid mistake with an iterative approach, the recursive approach worked first time and ended up as a much nicer solution.

Another fun day. As usual part 2 could not be brute forced so needed some lateral thinking.

Part 2 of day 5 was a bit of a challenge to get right. A nice feeling to have completed it.

Once again, an even day seems to be easier than an odd day. I am sure it is just a coincidence.

Today did not require too much cleverness but there were a couple of traps to watch out for.

A fairly straightforward day after giving the brain cells a workout yesterday.

After an easyish day 2, the difficulty level bumped up a bit again for day 3.

Day 2 - Easier than day 1. Mostly a parsing exercise.