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in thread Reconciling multiple lists (similar to "merge" in CVS?)

Playing around with some code for this, there are often multiple ways in which differences could be merged. For example, from your test above: 

encyclo   pedia
enc  losur e
#or
encyclop   edia
enc  lo sure

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To me, these are both equally legitimate, but is there any criteria upon which the one could be determined to be preferrable to the other?

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