in reply to Which came first?

After long and deep research, I can say definitively, the EGG has it: 

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use List::Util qw[ shuffle ];

my $string = join '', shuffle +('A' .. 'Z')x2;;

while( $string = join'', shuffle split '', $string ) {
    printf( STDERR "\r$string" );
    $string =~ s[(CHICKEN|EGG)][>>>$1<<<]
        and die "\n\n$1 came first\n$string\n\n(Selfish lover?)\n";
}

__END__
C:\test>junk1
OEQOLHRDFUWDXPTZBYVLTNWKFBVJSRMAEGGNUQIAXCSZCKIHJPMY

EGG came first
OEQOLHRDFUWDXPTZBYVLTNWKFBVJSRMA>>>EGG<<<NUQIAXCSZCKIHJPMY

(Selfish lover?)

C:\test>junk1
MWZCSLUKEATQYTHOWEGGMVPQYVRRJXBUAKXNDDHFPZJISNOCFBLI

EGG came first
MWZCSLUKEATQYTHOW>>>EGG<<<MVPQYVRRJXBUAKXNDDHFPZJISNOCFBLI

(Selfish lover?)

C:\test>junk1
BZPUIEEGGONAQRWOJFKDHDYCXUFBLWZHYMMVXSISTTJAQKNPVRCL

EGG came first
BZPUIE>>>EGG<<<ONAQRWOJFKDHDYCXUFBLWZHYMMVXSISTTJAQKNPVRCL

(Selfish lover?)

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Re^2: Which came first?
by Gavin (Archbishop) on May 02, 2008 at 17:01 UTC
    Should it not be [scramble] rather than [shuffle]!
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Re^2: Which came first?
by zentara (Cardinal) on May 02, 2008 at 15:51 UTC
    How about this proof? 
    #!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

my @creations = sort ('egg','chicken');
print "@creations\n";
__END__

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    Output: chicken egg

    The real question is where did the rooster come from? I mean an egg will not produce a chicken, unless there is a rooster to fertilize it. So the original poll should be "chicken, egg, or rooster" ?

    I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum
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[d/l]
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        But how will you know which Birthday came first Chicken or Egg?
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