Task: Abbreviations, automatic
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

void process(int lineNum, char buffer[]) {
    char days[7][64];
    int i = 0, d = 0, j = 0;

    while (buffer[i] != 0) {
        if (buffer[i] == ' ') {
            days[d][j] = '\0';
            ++d;
            j = 0;
        } else if (buffer[i] == '\n' || buffer[i] == '\r') {
            days[d][j] = '\0';
            ++d;
            break;
        } else {
            days[d][j] = buffer[i];
            ++j;
        }

        if (d >= 7) {
            printf("There aren't 7 days in line %d\n", lineNum);
            return;
        }
        ++i;
    }
    if (buffer[i] == '\0') {
        days[d][j] = '\0';
        ++d;
    }

    if (d < 7) {
        printf("There aren't 7 days in line %d\n", lineNum);
        return;
    } else {
        int len = 0;

        for (len = 1; len < 64; ++len) {
            int d1;
            for (d1 = 0; d1 < 7; ++d1) {
                int d2;
                for (d2 = d1 + 1; d2 < 7; ++d2) {
                    int unique = 0;
                    for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
                        if (days[d1][i] != days[d2][i]) {
                            unique = 1;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    if (!unique) {
                        goto next_length;
                    }
                }
            }

            
            printf("%2d ", len);
            for (i = 0; i < 7; ++i) {
                printf(" %s", days[i]);
            }
            printf("\n");
            return;

            
        next_length: {}
        }
    }

    printf("Failed to find uniqueness within the bounds.");
}

int main() {
    char buffer[1024];
    int lineNum = 1, len;
    FILE *fp;

    fp = fopen("days_of_week.txt", "r");
    while (1) {
        memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));

        fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp);
        len = strlen(buffer);

        if (len == 0 || buffer[len - 1] == '\0') {
            break;
        }

        process(lineNum++, buffer);
    }
    fclose(fp);

    return 0;
}

Java: import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class Abbreviations {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        Path path = Paths.get("days_of_week.txt");
        List<String> readAllLines = Files.readAllLines(path);
        for (int i = 0; i < readAllLines.size(); i++) {
            String line = readAllLines.get(i);
            if (line.length() == 0) continue;

            String[] days = line.split(" ");
            if (days.length != 7) throw new RuntimeException("There aren't 7 days on line " + (i + 1));

            Map<String, Integer> temp = new HashMap<>();
            for (String day : days) {
                Integer count = temp.getOrDefault(day, 0);
                temp.put(day, count + 1);
            }
            if (temp.size() < 7) {
                System.out.print(" ∞  ");
                System.out.println(line);
                continue;
            }

            int len = 1;
            while (true) {
                temp.clear();
                for (String day : days) {
                    String sd;
                    if (len >= day.length()) {
                        sd = day;
                    } else {
                        sd = day.substring(0, len);
                    }
                    Integer count = temp.getOrDefault(sd, 0);
                    temp.put(sd, count + 1);
                }
                if (temp.size() == 7) {
                    System.out.printf("%2d  %s\n", len, line);
                    break;
                }
                len++;
            }
        }
    }
}