#! perl -slw use strict; use Time::HiRes qw[ time ]; $|++; sub uniq{ my %x; @x{@_} = (); keys %x } my $start = time; my @lookup = map{ my $bits = pack 'C', $_; [ grep vec( $bits, $_, 1 ), 0 .. 7 ] } 0 .. 255; my %dict; my %alphabet; while( <> ) { chomp; next if length > 8; my $r = \%dict; undef( $alphabet{ $_ } ), $r = $r->{ $_ } //= {} for sort split '', $_; push @{ $r->{_} }, $_; } my @alphabet = sort keys %alphabet; my $best = [ 0, '' ]; my %stats; sub X { my( $first, $soFar, $tree ) = @_; if( @$soFar == 8 ) { my @words = uniq map { my $r = \%dict; $r = $r->{ $_ } for @{ $soFar }[ @{ $lookup[ $_ ] } ]; exists $r->{_} ? @{ $r->{_} } : (); } 0 .. 255; return unless @words > 1; print @{ $best = [ scalar @words, join '', @$soFar ] } if @words > $best->[0]; $stats{ join '', @$soFar } = \@words; return; } for( grep $_ ge $first, @alphabet ) { # next unless exists $tree->{ $_ }; X( $_, [ @$soFar, $_ ], $tree->{ $_ } ); } return; } X( 'a', [], \%dict ); print time - $start; ; printf "[%d] %s : @{[ @{$stats{ $_ }} ]}\n", scalar @{$stats{$_}}, $_ for sort{ @{ $stats{ $b } } <=> @{ $stats{ $a } } } keys %stats;