Re^3: Interesting problem fitting points to a template (algorithm?)

...does anyone know of a good module for doing the permutations...

Algorithm::Permute and NextPermute() from tye's Algorithm::Loops module are both very good implementations.

I think that the idea of generating a signature could be made to work well for your application. I saw the extra information that you posted in reply to tachyon and I think I see the problems your describing, and also some of a possible solution. The key to taking the thoughts further is having some test data to work with. If you felt like placing some on your doowah2004's scratchpad, and /msg'ing me, I enjoy playing with it.

That said, I'm still not entirely sure that I understand the full scope of the problem, so maybe I should just accept your more informed judgement on the matter :)

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