AoC 2016 day 14 (with Inline::Perl5)

#!/usr/bin/env perl6

use v6.c;

#use Digest::MD5;   # Too slow, use Perl 5 version through Inline::Perl5
use Digest::MD5:from<Perl5> 'md5_hex';

sub md5_repeated(Str $str is copy, Int $iterations)
{
    # Way too slow - probably overhead of using Inline::Perl5 2017 times
    #$str = md5_hex($str) for ^$iterations;
    #return $str;

    # Do the whole thing in Perl 5 code instead
    use MONKEY-SEE-NO-EVAL;
    return EVAL "my \$s = '$str'; for (1..$iterations) \{ \$s = md5_hex(\$s); \}; \$s;", :lang<Perl5>;
}

my regex triple { (\w) ** 3 <?{ [eq] @($/[0]) }> }
sub triples(Str $s)
{
    # Only the first one!
    #return $s.comb(&triple).unique».substr(0, 1);
    return $s.comb(&triple, 1)».substr(0, 1);
}

my regex quintuple { (\w) ** 5 <?{ [eq] @($/[0]) }> }
sub quintuples(Str $s)
{
    return $s.comb(&quintuple).unique».substr(0, 1);
}

sub key-info(Str $salted-index)
{
    #my $hash = md5_hex($salted-index);                  # part 1
    my $hash = md5_repeated($salted-index, 2017);       # part 2
    return { hash=>$hash, triples=>triples($hash), quintuples=>quintuples($hash) };
}

sub test-key(Str $salt, Int $index)
{
    state %key-info;

    %key-info{$salt~$index} //= key-info($salt~$index);
    my @triples = %key-info{$salt~$index}<triples>.flat;    # Not sure why flat is needed
    return Nil unless @triples;

    for $index+1 .. $index+1000 -> $i {
        %key-info{$salt~$i} //= key-info($salt~$i);
        my @quintuples = %key-info{$salt~$i}<quintuples>.flat;
        return %key-info{$salt~$index}<hash> if @quintuples && any(@triples) eq any(@quintuples);
    }

    return Nil;
}

multi sub MAIN(IO() $inputfile where *.f)
{
    my ($salt) = $inputfile.words;
    MAIN($salt);
}

multi sub MAIN(Str $salt where !*.IO.f)
{
    my @keys;

    for 1..∞ -> $i {
        if my $hash = test-key($salt, $i) {
            @keys.push($hash);
            say "[#@keys.elems()] $i: $hash";
            last if @keys.elems == 64;
        }
    }
}