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Recursively Palindrome

Note that there are 2^6-1 characters.

Start file
6
End file
abacabadabacabaeabacabadabacabafabacabadabacabaeabacabadabacaba

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1c1
< 6
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> abacabadabacabaeabacabadabacabafabacabadabacabaeabacabadabacaba

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#40 Michał Taszycki / @mehowte - Score: 33 - 03/05/11 @ 11:30 
Cab<Esc>qqy0$pqAc<Esc>@qad<Esc>@@ae<Esc>@@af<Esc>@@ZZ

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#41 William Dunand / @wdunand - Score: 36 - 11/07/11 @ 17:52 
:se nf=alpha<CR>raqq:%y<CR>pG<C-A>q5@qD:%j!<CR>ZZ

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#42 Will Gray / @graywh - Score: 37 - 03/16/11 @ 10:33 
sabacaba<Esc>:%y<CR>od<Esc>p@:oe<Esc>pG@:of<Esc>p:%j!|x<CR>

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#43 無ん垢の叫び / @john_ababa - Score: 39 - 02/27/12 @ 03:50 
Caba<Esc>ac<C-A>d<C-A>c<C-A>e<C-A>c<C-A>d<C-A>c<C-A>f<C-A>c<C-A>d<C-A>c<C-A>e<C-A>c<C-A>d<C-A>c<C-A><Esc>ZZ

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#44 Steven Occhipinti / @steveocchipinti - Score: 40 - 03/12/11 @ 03:24 
:set nf=alpha<CR>saba<Esc><Left>qqvy<End>p<C-A>y0<End>p`.<Left>q3@qZZ

@steveocchipinti: Not efficient, but I wanted to see if I could use some sort of recursion-like method :P

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#45 Milan Dobrota / @milandobrota - Score: 41 - 11/20/11 @ 14:01 
x16iabac<Esc>xFc;rd;;re;;rd;;rf;;rd;;re;;rdZZ

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#46 こばばー / @symmet - Score: 42 - 04/30/11 @ 02:00 
8iabacaba<Esc><Esc>/aa<CR>ad<Esc>2n.2n.2n.Nae<Esc>2N.naf<Esc>$xZZ

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#47 knut ytterhaug / @knutemann - Score: 47 - 11/23/11 @ 10:58 
Cdedfded <Esc><Left>^iabacaba<Esc><Right><Right>.<Right><Right>.<Right><Right>.<Right><Right>.<Right><Right>.<Right><Right>.<Right><Right>.<Right><Esc>xZZ

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#48 Angela Harms / @angelaharms - Score: 48 - 01/17/12 @ 17:21 
Didedfded<Esc>:s/\(.\)/bcb\1/g<CR>Abcb<Esc>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><BS><BS><BS>a<CR>Aa<Esc>ZZ

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#49 Ben Sherman / @bensherman - Score: 67 - 10/01/11 @ 22:20 
Cabacabadabacabaeabacabadabacabafabacabadabacabaeabacabadabacaba<Esc>ZZ

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49 active golfers, 161 entries

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#40 - Michał Taszycki / @mehowte

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#44 - Steven Occhipinti / @steveocchipinti

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#49 - Ben Sherman / @bensherman

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