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Idiom #213 Case-insensitive string compare

Compare four strings in pair-wise variations. The string comparison can be implemented with an equality test or a containment test, must be case-insensitive and must apply Unicode casefolding.

import itertools
strings = ['ᾲ στο διάολο', 
           'ὰι στο διάολο', 
           'Ὰͅ ΣΤΟ ΔΙΆΟΛΟ', 
           'ᾺΙ ΣΤΟ ΔΙΆΟΛΟ']

for a, b in itertools.combinations(strings, 2):
    print(a, b, a.casefold() == b.casefold())
code (C) when $a =< C andalso C =< $z -> C - $a;
code (C) when $A =< C andalso C =< $Z -> C - $A;
code(C) -> C.

isSame([C | Rest1], [C | Rest2]) when is_integer(C)->
        isSame(Rest1, Rest2);
isSame([C1 | Rest1], [C2 | Rest2]) ->
        case (code(C1) - code(C2)) of
                0 -> isSame(Rest1, Rest2);
                _ -> false
        end;
isSame([], []) -> true;
isSame(_, _) -> false.

with tail call optimization

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