Apologies for not giving you guys the full details! Okay Here are the details:

• This would be a command line application only
• We are just printing reports on screen
• The data will be read from plain text files - One will have Person Names and the other will have a List of Tasks
• There is no database involved as of now, but if things continue to grow (either # of tasks or people), we *may* think of moving everything to a DB
• All the reports will again be stored as flat files (CSV perhaps)

This is precisely why I am looking for design ideas / suggestions ... I have the scenario with me; I just dont know how to put everything together. Moreover, we may have to deal with things like people taking the day off, vacations, etc. which will come later as a part of my algorithm.

I'm sure there are others who have had a similar problem and have implemented it in their own ways - I tried a search but got only topics related to 'calendar' and 'date' modules. Modules will come later - right now I am thinking of a good data structure to implement this idea.

I could use a list of lists too... lots of "possibilities" in my head right now.. but I'm really not sure which one works best; That's where I need your suggestions as I believe atleast one of you may have come across such a task in your Perl work...

Thanks Again!!

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