my $triangle = q| 55 94 48 95 30 96 77 71 26 67 97 13 76 38 45 07 36 79 16 37 68 48 07 09 18 70 26 06 18 72 79 46 59 79 29 90 20 76 87 11 32 07 07 49 18 27 83 58 35 71 11 25 57 29 85 14 64 36 96 27 11 58 56 92 18 55 02 90 03 60 48 49 41 46 33 36 47 23 92 50 48 02 36 59 42 79 72 20 82 77 42 56 78 38 80 39 75 02 71 66 66 01 03 55 72 44 25 67 84 71 67 11 61 40 57 58 89 40 56 36 85 32 25 85 57 48 84 35 47 62 17 01 01 99 89 52 06 71 28 75 94 48 37 10 23 51 06 48 53 18 74 98 15 27 02 92 23 08 71 76 84 15 52 92 63 81 10 44 10 69 93|; my @rows = $triangle.lines.map: { [.words] } while @rows > 1 { my @last := @rows.pop; @rows[*-1] = (@rows[*-1][] Z+ (@last Zmax @last[1..*])).List; } put @rows; # Here's a more FPish version. We define our own operator and the use it in the reduction metaoperator form, [op], which turns any infix into a list operator. sub infix:(@a,@b) { (@a Zmax @a[1..*]) Z+ @b } put [op] $triangle.lines.reverse.map: { [.words] } # Or, instead of using reverse, one could also define the op as right-associative. sub infix:(@a,@b) is assoc('right') { @a Z+ (@b Zmax @b[1..*]) } put [rop] $triangle.lines.map: { [.words] }