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141 lines
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Python
141 lines
4.3 KiB
Python
######################################################################
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#
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# Buzzword Generator
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#
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# From: BASIC Computer Games (1978)
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# Edited by David H. Ahl
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#
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# "This program is an invaluable aid for preparing speeches and
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# briefings about education technology. This buzzword generator
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# provides sets of three highly-acceptable words to work into your
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# material. Your audience will never know that the phrases don't
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# really mean much of anything because they sound so great! Full
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# instructions for running are given in the program.
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#
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# "This version of Buzzword was written by David Ahl."
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#
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#
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# Python port by Jeff Jetton, 2019
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#
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######################################################################
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import random
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def main() -> None:
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words = [
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[
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"Ability",
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"Basal",
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"Behavioral",
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"Child-centered",
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"Differentiated",
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"Discovery",
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"Flexible",
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"Heterogeneous",
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"Homogenous",
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"Manipulative",
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"Modular",
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"Tavistock",
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"Individualized",
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],
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[
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"learning",
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"evaluative",
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"objective",
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"cognitive",
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"enrichment",
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"scheduling",
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"humanistic",
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"integrated",
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"non-graded",
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"training",
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"vertical age",
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"motivational",
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"creative",
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],
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[
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"grouping",
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"modification",
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"accountability",
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"process",
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"core curriculum",
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"algorithm",
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"performance",
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"reinforcement",
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"open classroom",
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"resource",
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"structure",
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"facility",
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"environment",
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],
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]
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# Display intro text
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print("\n Buzzword Generator")
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print("Creative Computing Morristown, New Jersey")
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print("\n\n")
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print("This program prints highly acceptable phrases in")
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print("'educator-speak' that you can work into reports")
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print("and speeches. Whenever a question mark is printed,")
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print("type a 'Y' for another phrase or 'N' to quit.")
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print("\n\nHere's the first phrase:")
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still_running = True
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while still_running:
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phrase = ""
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for section in words:
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if len(phrase) > 0:
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phrase += " "
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phrase += section[random.randint(0, len(section) - 1)]
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print(phrase)
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print()
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response = input("? ")
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try:
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if response.upper()[0] != "Y":
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still_running = False
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except Exception:
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still_running = False
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print("Come back when you need help with another report!\n")
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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main()
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######################################################################
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#
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# Porting Notes
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#
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# The original program stored all 39 words in one array, then
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# built the buzzword phrases by randomly sampling from each of the
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# three regions of the array (1-13, 14-26, and 27-39).
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#
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# Here, we're storing the words for each section in separate
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# tuples. That makes it easy to just loop through the sections
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# to stitch the phrase together, and it easily accomodates adding
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# (or removing) elements from any section. They don't all need to
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# be the same length.
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#
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# The author of this program (and founder of Creative Computing
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# magazine) first started working at DEC--Digital Equipment
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# Corporation--as a consultant helping the company market its
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# computers as educational products. He later was editor of a DEC
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# newsletter named "EDU" that focused on using computers in an
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# educational setting. No surprise, then, that the buzzwords in
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# this program were targeted towards educators!
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#
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#
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# Ideas for Modifications
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#
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# Try adding more/different words. Better yet, add a third
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# dimnension to our WORDS tuple to add new sets of words that
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# might pertain to different fields. What would business buzzwords
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# be? Engineering buzzwords? Art/music buzzwords? Let the user
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# choose a field and pick the buzzwords accordingly.
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#
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######################################################################
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