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;
}

Go: package main

import(
    "bufio"
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "strings"
)

func distinctStrings(strs []string) []string {
    len := len(strs)
    set := make(map[string]bool, len)
    distinct := make([]string, 0, len)
    for _, str := range strs {
        if !set[str] {
            distinct = append(distinct, str)
            set[str] = true
        }
    }
    return distinct
}

func takeRunes(s string, n int) string {
    i := 0
    for j := range s {
        if i == n {
            return s[:j]
        }
        i++
    }
    return s
}

func main() {
    file, err := os.Open("days_of_week.txt")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Unable to open file.")
        return
    }
    defer file.Close()
    reader := bufio.NewReader(file)
    lineCount := 0
    for {
        line, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
        if err != nil { 
            return
        }
        line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
        lineCount++
        if line == "" {
            fmt.Println()
            continue
        }
        days := strings.Fields(line)
        daysLen := len(days)
        if (len(days) != 7) {
            fmt.Println("There aren't 7 days in line", lineCount)
            return
        }
        if len(distinctStrings(days)) != 7 { 
            fmt.Println(" ∞ ", line)
            continue
        }
        for abbrevLen := 1; ; abbrevLen++ {
            abbrevs := make([]string, daysLen)
            for i := 0; i < daysLen; i++ {
                abbrevs[i] = takeRunes(days[i], abbrevLen)
            }
            if len(distinctStrings(abbrevs)) == 7 {
                fmt.Printf("%2d  %s\n", abbrevLen, line)
                break
            }
        }
    }
}