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  Optimal Cloud Coloring & famous 4 color map
  Four colors will print a map so adjacent states have different color. F# has clear concise code. Map has a list of pairs sharing a border.  Incremental improvements in the code can be less use of key word 'function'. Since syntax is not ambiguous can it be fixed in the compiler? so '=function |'  changes to '=|' ? Welcome to improve. Harrop,Mathias,Jack,Art,HR,fwaris,Don Syme, sffs... Thanks!  Musa.Jahanghir@Live.com AVCLive1.com
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 | let m = ["a","b"; "a","c"; "b","d"]
let rec countries =function|[]->[]   |(a,b)::m->a::b:: countries m
let rec rNb a b   =function|[]->false|y::ys  -> y=(a,b)|| y=(b,a) || rNb a b ys
let rec canXCl m c=function|[]->true |l::ls  -> not(rNb l c m) && canXCl m c ls
let rec xClrng m c=function|[]->[[c]]|cl::cls-> if canXCl m c cl  then (c::cl)::cls  else cl:: xClrng m c cls
List.fold(fun a i->xClrng m i a) [] (countries m|>List.distinct)//[["d";"a"];["c";"b"]]Musa.Jahanghir@Live.com
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val m : (string * string) list
Full name: Script.m
val countries : _arg1:('a * 'a) list -> 'a list
Full name: Script.countries
val a : 'a
val b : 'a
val m : ('a * 'a) list
val rNb : a:'a -> b:'a -> _arg1:('a * 'a) list -> bool (requires equality)
Full name: Script.rNb
val a : 'a (requires equality)
val b : 'a (requires equality)
val y : 'a * 'a (requires equality)
val ys : ('a * 'a) list (requires equality)
val canXCl : m:('a * 'a) list -> c:'a -> _arg1:'a list -> bool (requires equality)
Full name: Script.canXCl
val m : ('a * 'a) list (requires equality)
val c : 'a (requires equality)
val l : 'a (requires equality)
val ls : 'a list (requires equality)
val not : value:bool -> bool
Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.not
val xClrng : m:('a * 'a) list -> c:'a -> _arg1:'a list list -> 'a list list (requires equality)
Full name: Script.xClrng
val cl : 'a list (requires equality)
val cls : 'a list list (requires equality)
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module List
from Microsoft.FSharp.Collections
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type List<'T> =
  | ( [] )
  | ( :: ) of Head: 'T * Tail: 'T list
  interface IEnumerable
  interface IEnumerable<'T>
  member GetSlice : startIndex:int option * endIndex:int option -> 'T list
  member Head : 'T
  member IsEmpty : bool
  member Item : index:int -> 'T with get
  member Length : int
  member Tail : 'T list
  static member Cons : head:'T * tail:'T list -> 'T list
  static member Empty : 'T list
Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.List<_>
val fold : folder:('State -> 'T -> 'State) -> state:'State -> list:'T list -> 'State
Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.List.fold
val a : string list list
val i : string
val distinct : list:'T list -> 'T list (requires equality)
Full name: Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.List.distinct
  
  
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