--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use v5.16;
+
+$; = ',';
+sub walk {
+ my ($desc) = @_;
+ my %rv;
+ my ($x, $y) = (0, 0);
+ my $l = 0;
+ for my $step (split /,/, $desc) {
+ my ($dir, $dist) = $step =~ /([A-Z])(\d+)/;
+ my ($dx, $dy);
+ ($dx, $dy) = (1, 0) if $dir eq 'R';
+ ($dx, $dy) = (0, 1) if $dir eq 'D';
+ ($dx, $dy) = (0, -1) if $dir eq 'U';
+ ($dx, $dy) = (-1, 0) if $dir eq 'L';
+ while ($dist--) {
+ $x += $dx; $y += $dy; ++$l;
+ $rv{$x, $y} //= $l;
+ }
+ say "$step -> $x, $y ($rv{$x,$y})";
+ }
+ return \%rv;
+}
+
+my $p1 = walk(scalar <>);
+my $p2 = walk(scalar <>);
+
+my $dist;
+for my $pos (keys %$p1) {
+ next if !$p2->{$pos};
+ next if $pos eq '0,0';
+ my $d = $p1->{$pos}+$p2->{$pos};
+ say "Intersection at $pos dist $d";
+ $dist = $d if !$dist || $dist > $d;
+}
+
+say $dist;
+