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ÆfI¬S

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Port of Luis Mendo's answer in MATL.

ÆfI¬S

Æf     Implicit input. Obtain prime factors, sorted and with repetitions
  I    Consecutive differences
   ¬   Logical negate: zeros become 1, nonzeros become 0
    S  Sum. Implicit display