Two brute force methods for part 2. Slow.

2024/day-11/solution-2.sh

@@ -55,13 +55,11 @@ blink_rocks () {
   #printf "\n" >&2
 }
 
-#FINAL_LIST=()
-# Keeps track of 
 read -r -a FINAL_LIST <<< "$( printf "%s " "${ROCK_LIST[@]}" )"
 POSITION=0
 while [[ $POSITION -lt $BLINK_NUM ]]
 do
-  printf "%s Working on position %s\n" "$( date )" "$POSITION"
+  printf "%s Starting position %s, current len: %s, kv size: %s\n" "$( date )" "$POSITION" "${#FINAL_LIST[@]}" "${#KV_CACHE[@]}"
   INTER_LIST_1=()
   # Essentially move $DEPTH steps at a time
   for ROCK in "${FINAL_LIST[@]}"
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ do
   # All rocks are calculated $DEPTH ahead
   (( POSITION+=DEPTH ))
 done
-#FINAL_LIST+=( "${BLINKED_ROCKS[@]}" )
 
 # Dump KV cache for debugging
 if [[ $DUMP_KV_CACHE -eq 0 ]]