I'm glad you got it working one way or another. Too bad I had to miss the hackathon in (greater) Chicago in November (due to some scheduling conflicts). Maybe I could've helped eliminate your frustration a little earlier :)

I don't recall where/why/how I first read about the gcc_select utility, but I suppose it's good that it's recorded above for anyone else who might be looking for it :)

s**lil*;  $*=join'',sort split q**;  s;.*;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; =
qq-$_-;s,.*,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$*,$/)
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