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:: I shall specify the wordlist and be specific about the result set. [[User:Axtens|Axtens]] ([[User talk:Axtens|talk]]) 01:10, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
:: Okay that's done. How do I tell the Perl6<sup>*</sup> contributor to abbreviate his output? [[User:Axtens|Axtens]] ([[User talk:Axtens|talk]]) 03:40, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
:: <sup>*</sup> (which has been subsequently changed to '''Raku'''.) -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 20:55, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
==A good task description specifies a problem rather than a procedure==
The real task/problem here is to identify and display a subset of words (in a given lexicon) that are 'circular' in the sense which you describe.
The current formulation (para 3) is the narration of a '''procedure''', rather than the statement of a problem or task, and is perhaps not yet quite consistent with the Rosetta Code goal (see the landing page) of aiding ''a person with a grounding in one approach to a problem in learning another''.
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:: --[[User:PureFox|PureFox]] ([[User talk:PureFox|talk]]) 09:10, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
:"Rotations" would be clearer than "permutations" as well.--LambertDW 04:54, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
== should programming solutions be assuming caseless words? ==
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:::::: On top of which, 400+K words would be just too many for the purpose of script testing – a waste of time, heat and fuel. The brevity of the MIT10000 is a quality in itself. [[User:Hout|Hout]] ([[User talk:Hout|talk]]) 14:48, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
::::::: Which is a good point and brings me also to another frustration: I was after words that can be pronounced. The "ARC RCA CAR" triple has "RCA". Yeah, it's a word. Sort of. RCA cables and all that. But going back to the coaster and the illustration, "TEA EAT ATE" are speakable words. RCA involves saying the name of each letter. But then what do you do with LASER? It's an acronym but almost no one knows what it stands for -- it's been assimilated into regular parlance. The huge DWYL list is chock full of initialisms and acronyms and assorted unspeakable "words". And yes, it's a WOMBAT (a Waste Of Money, Brains And Time) -- at least for this task. [[User:Axtens|Axtens]] ([[User talk:Axtens|talk]]) 07:13, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
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