I can't see that you have been downvoted in this thread and I certainly never did.

But IMHO is "challenge" indeed the wrong lingo here and in the open source world.

See also https://perlweeklychallenge.org/

> it seems that most have no good solution, only a few clues and ideas.

Well YMMV but in my view I've already given you excellent counseling and spend considerable time trying to help you.

One of the mantras of this site is "not a code writing service!"

We want you and other - current or future - readers of this thread to learn and make advances in programing Perl. That's why we share for free.

But you keep repeating that you don't like the math or real programming.

So probably you might be better served by hiring a "real" programmer?

Since you already mentioned that M$ is paying for their "challenges", this seems to be your go-to model.

Good luck! :)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^3: String Comparison & Equivalence Challenge (plagiarism scanner) by LanX
in thread String Comparison & Equivalence Challenge by Polyglot

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