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# This software is Copyright 2005 by Elsevier Inc.  You may use it
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#



###
### memoize
###

## Chapter 3 section 5

sub memoize {
  my ($func) = @_;
  my %cache;
  my $stub = sub {
    my $key = join ',', @_;
    $cache{$key} = $func->(@_) unless exists $cache{$key};
    return $cache{$key};
  };
  return $stub;
}