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/// Given an empty (or almost empty) framework of a crossword puzzle and a set of words. The
/// problem is to place the words into the framework.
///
/// P R O L O G E
/// E N N M
/// R L i N U X A
/// L i F M A C
/// N S Q L S
/// E
/// W E B
///
/// The particular crossword puzzle is specified in a text file which first lists the words
/// (one word per line) in an arbitrary order. Then, after an empty line, the crossword
/// framework is defined. In this framework specification, an empty character location is
/// represented by a dot (.). In order to make the solution easier, character locations can
/// also contain predefined character values. The puzzle above is defined in the file
/// p99a.dat, other examples are p99b.dat and p99d.dat. There is also an example of a puzzle
/// (p99c.dat) which does not have a solution.
///
/// Words are strings (character lists) of at least two characters. A horizontal or vertical
/// sequence of character places in the crossword puzzle framework is called a site. Our
/// problem is to find a compatible way of placing words onto sites.
///
/// Hints: (1) The problem is not easy. You will need some time to thoroughly understand it.
/// So, don't give up too early! And remember that the objective is a clean solution, not
/// just a quick-and-dirty hack!
///
/// (2) Reading the data file is a tricky problem for which a solution is provided in the
/// file p99-readfile.pl. See the predicate read_lines/2.
///
/// (3) For efficiency reasons it is important, at least for larger puzzles, to sort the
/// words and the sites in a particular order. For this part of the problem, the solution
/// of P28 may be very helpful.
///
/// Example in F#:
///
/// ALPHA
/// ARES
/// POPPY
///
/// .
/// .
/// .....
/// . .
/// . .
/// .
/// > solve $ readCrossword "ALPHA\nARES\nPOPPY\n\n . \n . \n.....\n . .\n . .\n .\n"
///
/// [[((3,1),'A');((3,2),'L');((3,3),'P');((3,4),'H');((3,5),'A');((1,3),'P');((2,3)
/// ,'O');((3,3),'P');((4,3),'P');((5,3),'Y');((3,5),'A');((4,5),'R');((5,5),'E');((
/// 6,5),'S')]]
(Solution needed)
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