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+#!/opt/local/bin/python
+
+#
+# See ../README.md
+#
+
+#
+# Run as: python ch-2.py < input-file
+#
+
+import fileinput
+
+def shortest_path (matrix, start, to, exclude):
+    if 1 + len (exclude . keys ()) == len (matrix):
+        return matrix [start] [to], [to]
+
+    shortest    = 9999999999999999999
+    sh_path     = []
+    new_exclude = exclude . copy ()
+    new_exclude [start] = 1
+
+    for next in range (len (matrix)):
+        if next == start or next == to or next in exclude:
+            continue
+        length, path = shortest_path (matrix, next, to, new_exclude)
+        if  shortest > length + matrix [start] [next]:
+            shortest = length + matrix [start] [next]
+            sh_path  = [next] + path
+
+    return shortest, sh_path
+
+
+matrix = []
+for line in fileinput . input ():
+    matrix . append (list (map (lambda x: int (x), line . split (" "))))
+
+length, path = shortest_path (matrix, 0, 0, {})
+
+print (length)
+print (0, " " . join (map (lambda x: str (x), path)))