diff --git a/23/2.pl b/23/2.pl
index d6fa3a1..a72cdd0 100644
--- a/23/2.pl
+++ b/23/2.pl
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ while(<>) {
 }
 
 for ( 1..35 ) {
-    my @c = $script =~ /(L$_: )/g;
+    my @c = $script =~ /(L$_[ :])/g;
     next if @c > 1;
-    $script =~ s/L$_: //g;
+    $script =~ s/L$_[ :] *//g;
 }
 
 print $script;
diff --git a/23/2b.pl b/23/2b.pl
index fb67845..638acf1 100644
--- a/23/2b.pl
+++ b/23/2b.pl
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
-$a = 1;
-$b = 79;
-$c = $b;
+($a,$b,$c) = (1,79,79);
 goto L5 if $a;
 goto L9 if 1;
 L5: $b *= 100;
 $b -= -100000;
-$c = $b;
-$c -= -17000;
-L9: $f = 1;
-$d = 2;
-L11: $e = 2;
-L12: $g = $d;
-$g *= $e;
-$g -= $b;
-goto L17 if $g;
-$f = 0;
-L17: $e -= -1;
-$g = $e;
-$g -= $b;
-goto L12 if $g;
-$d -= -1;
-$g = $d;
-$g -= $b;
-goto L11 if $g;
-goto L27 if $f;
-$h -= -1;
-L27: $g = $b;
-$g -= $c;
-goto L31 if $g;
-goto if 1;
-L31: $b -= -17;
-goto L9 if 1;
+while() {
+    warn $b;
+    ($f,$d) = (1,2);
+do {
+    $e = 2;
+    $f = 0 if not $b % $d;
+} while ++$d - $b;
+    $h++ unless $f;
+    die $h if $b == 124900;
+    $b += 17;
+}
diff --git a/24/1.pl b/24/1.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea32e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/24/1.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use 5.20.0;
+use experimental qw/ signatures postderef smartmatch /;
+use List::AllUtils qw/ sum  max first_index /;
+my @elements = map { chomp; [ split '/' ] } <>;
+
+use DDP; 
+
+say build_bridge(0,0,@elements);
+
+sub build_bridge( $sofar = 0, $connector = 0, @left ) {
+    # warn scalar @left;
+#    p @_;
+#    my $summy = <STDIN>;
+
+    my  $max =  $sofar;
+
+    for my $i ( 0..$#left ) {
+        next unless $connector ~~ $left[$i]->@*;
+        my @copy = @left;
+        my $i = splice @copy, $i, 1;
+        my $next_con = $i->[ 1 - first_index { $_ == $connector } @$i ];
+        $max = max $max, build_bridge( $sofar + sum( @$i ), $next_con, @copy );
+    }
+
+    return $max;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/24/input.txt b/24/input.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..234aa1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/24/input.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+31/13
+34/4
+49/49
+23/37
+47/45
+32/4
+12/35
+37/30
+41/48
+0/47
+32/30
+12/5
+37/31
+7/41
+10/28
+35/4
+28/35
+20/29
+32/20
+31/43
+48/14
+10/11
+27/6
+9/24
+8/28
+45/48
+8/1
+16/19
+45/45
+0/4
+29/33
+2/5
+33/9
+11/7
+32/10
+44/1
+40/32
+2/45
+16/16
+1/18
+38/36
+34/24
+39/44
+32/37
+26/46
+25/33
+9/10
+0/29
+38/8
+33/33
+49/19
+18/20
+49/39
+18/39
+26/13
+19/32