subtree(users/wpcarro): docking briefcase at '24f5a642'

git-subtree-dir: users/wpcarro
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Change-Id: I6105b3762b79126b3488359c95978cadb3efa789

users/wpcarro/scratch/facebook/recursion-and-dynamic-programming/permutations.py

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+def char_and_rest(i, xs):
+    return xs[i], xs[:i] + xs[i+1:]
+
+# perms :: String -> [String]
+def perms(xs):
+    if len(xs) == 1:
+        return [xs]
+    result = []
+    for c, rest in [char_and_rest(i, xs) for i in range(len(xs))]:
+        result += [c + perm for perm in perms(rest)]
+    return result
+
+print(perms("cat"))