For a first venture, well done. I'm just questioning why it should be a post on the front page of HN for such a simple (sorry if that offends?!) piece of code.

For a first venture, well done. I'm just questioning why it should be a post on the front page of HN for such a simple (sorry if that offends?!) piece of code. I'm truly not trying to discourage and probably sound like a grumpy old man but I just don't think the OP needed to post something so simple here.