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You do have a point - that's not too bad, but to my eyes it's still more arcane than Python and Ruby (spoken as someone who has written less than 30 shell scrip

• em500 7y ago
  For my own curiosity I did the simplest Python version I could think of to see how it would compare: import os import random import sys os.system("clear") print "Hello there. I'm a computer. What's your name?" G = raw_input() print "Hello " + G + ". You are welcome to computer land." while True: print "" print "What would you like to do today?" print "1) Say something random" print "2) Make a maze" print "3) Exit" print "Enter your selection" S = raw_input() if S == "1": F = open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines() W = random.choice(F) os.system("say {}".format(W)) elif S == "2": for i in range(1, 3000): if random.random()>0.5: sys.stdout.write("/") else: sys.stdout.write("\\") elif S == "3": print "Bye." exit() else: print "Try again." It looks like a tossup to me, all 3 versions have their own share of magic that will confuse the beginner. I say this as someone who reads and writes a lot more python than bash daily.