monsterstack
May 7th, 2009, 04:24 AM
Here you go, folks. DIY marketing.
#!/usr/bin/env python2.6
from sys import argv
def marketing(current_version,new_version,competitor):
text = """
$2 will be so much better than $1, for many reasons.
$2 will be faster, leaner, more secure, and will make you
more productive. We've improved on $1's excellent security
features to ensure that $2 will be the most secure edition yet.
$2 will have more themes, more features, and more usability options
than $1, which makes it the perfect reason to upgrade.
$2 will triumph over $3 on all these matters and much else besides!"""
text = text.replace("$1",current_version)
text = text.replace("$2",new_version)
text = text.replace("$3",competitor)
return text
print marketing(argv[1],argv[2],argv[3])
Now just go ahead and save that bit of text as marketing.py and run it as
python marketing.py "Windows Vista" "Windows 7" "Linux"
Then again, you might just as easily go back in time by running
python marketing.py "Windows XP" "Windows Vista" "Linux"
Or perhaps you might just want to turn the universe up-side down!
python marketing.py "OpenBSD 4.4" "Microsoft Bob" "zOS"
#!/usr/bin/env python2.6
from sys import argv
def marketing(current_version,new_version,competitor):
text = """
$2 will be so much better than $1, for many reasons.
$2 will be faster, leaner, more secure, and will make you
more productive. We've improved on $1's excellent security
features to ensure that $2 will be the most secure edition yet.
$2 will have more themes, more features, and more usability options
than $1, which makes it the perfect reason to upgrade.
$2 will triumph over $3 on all these matters and much else besides!"""
text = text.replace("$1",current_version)
text = text.replace("$2",new_version)
text = text.replace("$3",competitor)
return text
print marketing(argv[1],argv[2],argv[3])
Now just go ahead and save that bit of text as marketing.py and run it as
python marketing.py "Windows Vista" "Windows 7" "Linux"
Then again, you might just as easily go back in time by running
python marketing.py "Windows XP" "Windows Vista" "Linux"
Or perhaps you might just want to turn the universe up-side down!
python marketing.py "OpenBSD 4.4" "Microsoft Bob" "zOS"