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+#!/usr/bin/env perl6
+
+use v6;
+
+#| Find the longest common sub strings of a list of strings
+sub MAIN ( 
+    *@words where *.elems > 1 #= List of words to compare
+) {
+    my @word-subs = @words.map( &all-substrings );
+    .say for ([(&)] @word-subs).keys.sort( { $^b.codes <=> $^a.codes } ).grep( { state $len = $_.codes; $_.codes == $len });
+}
+
+sub all-substrings( Str $word ) {
+    my $len = $word.codes;
+    my @subs;
+
+    for (1..$len) -> $sub-len {
+        for (0..$len-$sub-len) -> $start {
+            @subs.push( $word.substr($start,$sub-len) );
+        }
+    }
+    return set( @subs );
+}