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README.md

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+# Buridan_donkey
+Written in c++ and python, this program given some choices orders them in casual order.
+More info at: http://francescomecca.eu/index.php/archives/207

asino.cpp

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+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <random>
+#include <string>
+#include <sys/poll.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+struct pollfd stdin_poll = {
+    .fd = fileno (stdin), .events = POLLIN
+};
+
+void read_from_piped_input (vector<string>& lst)
+{
+    string x;
+    while (getline (cin, x)) {
+        lst.push_back (x);
+    }
+}
+
+void read_from_arguments (const int& argc, char* argv[], vector<string>& lst)
+{
+    if (argc  == 1) {
+        cout << "Usage: asino [string] [string] ..." << endl;
+        exit;
+    }
+    for (vector<string>::size_type i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+        lst.push_back (argv[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+int main (int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+    vector<string> lst;
+    int poll_ret = poll (&stdin_poll, 1, 0);
+    if (poll_ret > 0) {
+        read_from_piped_input (lst);
+    }
+    else {
+    read_from_arguments (argc, argv, lst);
+    }
+
+    random_device rd;
+    mt19937 m(rd());
+    shuffle (lst.begin (), lst.end (), m);
+    
+	int i = 1;
+    for (vector<string>::iterator it = lst.begin (); it != lst.end (); ++it) {
+        cout << i++ << ". " << *it << endl;
+    }
+}

asino.py

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+import random, sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args = list()
+    if not sys.stdin.isatty():
+        for line in sys.stdin:
+            if line[-1] is '\n':
+                line = line[:-1]
+            args.append(line)
+    else:
+        args = sys.argv[1:]
+    argRange = len(args)
+    for i in range(argRange):
+        print(str(i+1) + '.', args.pop(random.randrange(0, len(args))))