Task: Cheryl's birthday
C: #include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>

char *months[] = {
    "ERR", "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"
};

struct Date {
    int month, day;
    bool active;
} dates[] = {
    {5,15,true}, {5,16,true}, {5,19,true},
    {6,17,true}, {6,18,true},
    {7,14,true}, {7,16,true},
    {8,14,true}, {8,15,true}, {8,17,true}
};
#define UPPER_BOUND (sizeof(dates) / sizeof(struct Date))

void printRemaining() {
    int i, c;
    for (i = 0, c = 0; i < UPPER_BOUND; i++) {
        if (dates[i].active) {
            c++;
        }
    }
    printf("%d remaining.\n", c);
}

void printAnswer() {
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < UPPER_BOUND; i++) {
        if (dates[i].active) {
            printf("%s, %d\n", months[dates[i].month], dates[i].day);
        }
    }
}

void firstPass() {
    
    int i, j, c;
    for (i = 0; i < UPPER_BOUND; i++) {
        c = 0;

        for (j = 0; j < UPPER_BOUND; j++) {
            if (dates[j].day == dates[i].day) {
                c++;
            }
        }

        if (c == 1) {
            for (j = 0; j < UPPER_BOUND; j++) {
                if (!dates[j].active) continue;
                if (dates[j].month == dates[i].month) {
                    dates[j].active = false;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

void secondPass() {
    
    int i, j, c;
    for (i = 0; i < UPPER_BOUND; i++) {
        if (!dates[i].active) continue;
        c = 0;

        for (j = 0; j < UPPER_BOUND; j++) {
            if (!dates[j].active) continue;
            if (dates[j].day == dates[i].day) {
                c++;
            }
        }

        if (c > 1) {
            for (j = 0; j < UPPER_BOUND; j++) {
                if (!dates[j].active) continue;
                if (dates[j].day == dates[i].day) {
                    dates[j].active = false;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

void thirdPass() {
    
    int i, j, c;
    for (i = 0; i < UPPER_BOUND; i++) {
        if (!dates[i].active) continue;
        c = 0;

        for (j = 0; j < UPPER_BOUND; j++) {
            if (!dates[j].active) continue;
            if (dates[j].month == dates[i].month) {
                c++;
            }
        }

        if (c > 1) {
            for (j = 0; j < UPPER_BOUND; j++) {
                if (!dates[j].active) continue;
                if (dates[j].month == dates[i].month) {
                    dates[j].active = false;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    printRemaining();
    
    firstPass();

    printRemaining();
    
    secondPass();

    printRemaining();
    
    thirdPass();

    printAnswer();
    return 0;
}

VB: Private Sub exclude_unique_days(w As Collection)
    Dim number_of_dates(31) As Integer
    Dim months_to_exclude As New Collection
    For Each v In w
        number_of_dates(v(1)) = number_of_dates(v(1)) + 1
    Next v
    For i = w.Count To 1 Step -1
        If number_of_dates(w(i)(1)) = 1 Then
            months_to_exclude.Add w(i)(0)
            w.Remove i
        End If
    Next i
    For Each m In months_to_exclude
        exclude_month w, m
    Next m
End Sub
Private Sub exclude_month(x As Collection, v As Variant)
    For i = x.Count To 1 Step -1
        If x(i)(0) = v Then x.Remove i
    Next i
End Sub
Private Sub exclude_non_unique_days(w As Collection)
    Dim number_of_dates(31) As Integer
    For Each v In w
        number_of_dates(v(1)) = number_of_dates(v(1)) + 1
    Next v
    For i = w.Count To 1 Step -1
        If number_of_dates(w(i)(1)) > 1 Then
            w.Remove i
        End If
    Next i
End Sub
Private Sub exclude_non_unique_months(w As Collection)
    Dim months As New Collection
    For Each v In w
        On Error GoTo 1
        months.Add v(0), v(0)
    Next v
1:
    For i = w.Count To 1 Step -1
        If w(i)(0) = v(0) Then
            w.Remove i
        End If
    Next i
End Sub
Public Sub cherylsbirthday()
    Dim v As New Collection
    s = "May 15, May 16, May 19, June 17, June 18, July 14, July 16, August 14, August 15, August 17"
    t = Split(s, ",")
    For Each u In t
        v.Add Split(Trim(u), " ")
    Next u
    
    exclude_unique_days v
    
    exclude_non_unique_days v
    
    exclude_non_unique_months v
    Debug.Print v(1)(0); " "; v(1)(1)
End Sub