Bad Code (that works) help me re-write!

[Giles Brown]

Matthew Warren wrote:
> I have the following piece of code,
<snip>
No doubt you will get some kind soul to suggest some things, but if you
want really good
answers I think you need explain why you want this command file (as
opposed to using
say a python script itself).  Are you attempting to create a simpler
syntax than Python?
A restricted set of operations?

Giles