Task: Subset sum problem
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct {
    char *word;
    int weight;
} item_t;

item_t items[] = {
    {"alliance",     -624},
    {"archbishop",   -915},
    {"balm",          397},
    {"bonnet",        452},
    {"brute",         870},
    {"centipede",    -658},
    {"cobol",         362},
    {"covariate",     590},
    {"departure",     952},
    {"deploy",         44},
    {"diophantine",   645},
    {"efferent",       54},
    {"elysee",       -326},
    {"eradicate",     376},
    {"escritoire",    856},
    {"exorcism",     -983},
    {"fiat",          170},
    {"filmy",        -874},
    {"flatworm",      503},
    {"gestapo",       915},
    {"infra",        -847},
    {"isis",         -982},
    {"lindholm",      999},
    {"markham",       475},
    {"mincemeat",    -880},
    {"moresby",       756},
    {"mycenae",       183},
    {"plugging",     -266},
    {"smokescreen",   423},
    {"speakeasy",    -745},
    {"vein",          813},
};

int n = sizeof (items) / sizeof (item_t);
int *set;

void subsum (int i, int weight) {
    int j;
    if (i && !weight) {
        for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
            item_t item = items[set[j]];
            printf("%s%s", j ? " " : "", items[set[j]].word);
        }
        printf("\n");
    }
    for (j = i ? set[i - 1] + 1: 0; j < n; j++) {
        set[i] = j;
        subsum(i + 1, weight + items[j].weight);
    }
}

int main () {
    set = malloc(n * sizeof (int));
    subsum(0, 0);
    return 0;
}

Java: public class SubsetSum {
    private static class Item {
        private String word;
        private int weight;

        public Item(String word, int weight) {
            this.word = word;
            this.weight = weight;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return String.format("(%s, %d)", word, weight);
        }
    }

    private static Item[] items = new Item[]{
        new Item("alliance", -624),
        new Item("archbishop", -915),
        new Item("balm", 397),
        new Item("bonnet", 452),
        new Item("brute", 870),
        new Item("centipede", -658),
        new Item("cobol", 362),
        new Item("covariate", 590),
        new Item("departure", 952),
        new Item("deploy", 44),
        new Item("diophantine", 645),
        new Item("efferent", 54),
        new Item("elysee", -326),
        new Item("eradicate", 376),
        new Item("escritoire", 856),
        new Item("exorcism", -983),
        new Item("fiat", 170),
        new Item("filmy", -874),
        new Item("flatworm", 503),
        new Item("gestapo", 915),
        new Item("infra", -847),
        new Item("isis", -982),
        new Item("lindholm", 999),
        new Item("markham", 475),
        new Item("mincemeat", -880),
        new Item("moresby", 756),
        new Item("mycenae", 183),
        new Item("plugging", -266),
        new Item("smokescreen", 423),
        new Item("speakeasy", -745),
        new Item("vein", 813),
    };

    private static final int n = items.length;
    private static final int[] indices = new int[n];
    private static int count = 0;

    private static final int LIMIT = 5;

    private static void zeroSum(int i, int w) {
        if (i != 0 && w == 0) {
            for (int j = 0; j < i; ++j) {
                System.out.printf("%s ", items[indices[j]]);
            }
            System.out.println("\n");
            if (count < LIMIT) count++;
            else return;
        }
        int k = (i != 0) ? indices[i - 1] + 1 : 0;
        for (int j = k; j < n; ++j) {
            indices[i] = j;
            zeroSum(i + 1, w + items[j].weight);
            if (count == LIMIT) return;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.printf("The weights of the following %d subsets add up to zero:\n\n", LIMIT);
        zeroSum(0, 0);
    }
}