Generate list of all possible permutations of a string

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Published on 2008-08-02T06:57:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/04 18:23 UTC
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How would I go about generating a list of all possible permutations of a string between x and y characters in length, containing a variable list of characters.

Any language would work but it should be portable.

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