Task: Matrix chain multiplication
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int **m;
int **s;

void optimal_matrix_chain_order(int *dims, int n) {
    int len, i, j, k, temp, cost;
    n--;
    m = (int **)malloc(n * sizeof(int *));
    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        m[i] = (int *)calloc(n, sizeof(int));
    }

    s = (int **)malloc(n * sizeof(int *));
    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        s[i] = (int *)calloc(n, sizeof(int));
    }

    for (len = 1; len < n; ++len) {
        for (i = 0; i < n - len; ++i) {
            j = i + len;
            m[i][j] = INT_MAX;
            for (k = i; k < j; ++k) {
                temp = dims[i] * dims[k + 1] * dims[j + 1];
                cost = m[i][k] + m[k + 1][j] + temp;
                if (cost < m[i][j]) {
                    m[i][j] = cost;
                    s[i][j] = k;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

void print_optimal_chain_order(int i, int j) {
    if (i == j)
        printf("%c", i + 65);
    else {
        printf("(");
        print_optimal_chain_order(i, s[i][j]);
        print_optimal_chain_order(s[i][j] + 1, j);
        printf(")");
    }
}

int main() {
    int i, j, n;
    int a1[4]  = {5, 6, 3, 1};
    int a2[13] = {1, 5, 25, 30, 100, 70, 2, 1, 100, 250, 1, 1000, 2};
    int a3[12] = {1000, 1, 500, 12, 1, 700, 2500, 3, 2, 5, 14, 10};
    int *dims_list[3] = {a1, a2, a3};
    int sizes[3] = {4, 13, 12};
    for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
        printf("Dims  : [");
        n = sizes[i];
        for (j = 0; j < n; ++j) {
            printf("%d", dims_list[i][j]);
            if (j < n - 1) printf(", "); else printf("]\n");
        }        
        optimal_matrix_chain_order(dims_list[i], n);
        printf("Order : ");
        print_optimal_chain_order(0, n - 2);
        printf("\nCost  : %d\n\n", m[0][n - 2]);
        for (j = 0; j <= n - 2; ++j) free(m[j]);
        free(m);
        for (j = 0; j <= n - 2; ++j) free(s[j]);
        free(s);
    }
    return 0;
}

Go: package main

import "fmt"




func PrintMatrixChainOrder(dims []int) {
	n := len(dims) - 1
	m, s := newSquareMatrices(n)

	
	
	
	
	
	for lenMinusOne := 1; lenMinusOne < n; lenMinusOne++ {
		for i := 0; i < n-lenMinusOne; i++ {
			j := i + lenMinusOne
			m[i][j] = -1
			for k := i; k < j; k++ {
				cost := m[i][k] + m[k+1][j] + dims[i]*dims[k+1]*dims[j+1]
				if m[i][j] < 0 || cost < m[i][j] {
					m[i][j] = cost
					s[i][j] = k
				}
			}
		}
	}

	
	const MatrixNames = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	var subprint func(int, int)
	subprint = func(i, j int) {
		if i == j {
			return
		}
		k := s[i][j]
		subprint(i, k)
		subprint(k+1, j)
		fmt.Printf("%*s -> %s × %s%*scost=%d\n",
			n, MatrixNames[i:j+1],
			MatrixNames[i:k+1],
			MatrixNames[k+1:j+1],
			n+i-j, "", m[i][j],
		)
	}
	subprint(0, n-1)
}

func newSquareMatrices(n int) (m, s [][]int) {
	
	
	m = make([][]int, 2*n)
	m, s = m[:n:n], m[n:]
	tmp := make([]int, 2*n*n)
	for i := range m {
		m[i], tmp = tmp[:n:n], tmp[n:]
	}
	for i := range s {
		s[i], tmp = tmp[:n:n], tmp[n:]
	}
	return m, s
}

func main() {
	cases := [...][]int{
		{1, 5, 25, 30, 100, 70, 2, 1, 100, 250, 1, 1000, 2},
		{1000, 1, 500, 12, 1, 700, 2500, 3, 2, 5, 14, 10},
	}
	for _, tc := range cases {
		fmt.Println("Dimensions:", tc)
		PrintMatrixChainOrder(tc)
		fmt.Println()
	}
}