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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Challenge 96, Task 2"""
+
+import sys
+import numpy as np
+
+
+DEFAULT_INPUT = ["kitten", "sitting"]
+
+
+def edit_distance(s1, s2):
+    """Determine the edit distance between two strings."""
+    dp = np.zeros((len(s1), len(s2)), dtype=np.int)
+    for i, j in np.ndindex(dp.shape):
+        if i == 0:
+            dp[i][j] = j
+        elif j == 0:
+            dp[i][j] = i
+        elif s1[i - 1] == s2[j - 1]:
+            dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1]
+        else:
+            dp[i][j] = 1 + min(dp[i][j - 1],
+                               dp[i - 1][j],
+                               dp[i - 1][j - 1])
+
+    return dp[-1][-1]
+
+
+def main(args=None):
+    """Run the task"""
+    if args is None:
+        args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    if args:
+        s1, s2 = args[0:2]
+    else:
+        s1, s2 = DEFAULT_INPUT
+
+    print(edit_distance(s1, s2))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())