Programming Praxis

Given two lists, the merge point is the point after which the two lists are identical and can be merged. For instance, given the lists (a b c x y z) and (g h i x y z), the merge point is at (x y z). If the last items in the two lists differ, the merge point is null; if the two lists are the same, the entire list is the merge point.

Your task is to write a program that finds the merge point of two lists; it should return the unique prefix of the first list, the unique prefix of the second list, and the common suffix of the two lists. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.

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