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7th January 2008 - Link Blog

Naming twins in Python and Perl. Simple anagram problem solved in Perl and Python, with a bunch more solutions in the comments. The C# solution provides an interesting example of LINQ in action.

Posted 7th January 2008 at 11:03 am

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