No reflection on you roundwego, just a whimsical comment.
Time was, most people who used computers could program a bit and the core of such a program is only a few lines in QBasic (or even (gasp!) GW-Basic). Prettying it up and adding sanity checks and file I/O would add a bit but it's the sort of thing that used to amuse me for a few hours.
It just seems a shame to me that the complexity of modern OSs and languages means that the joys of simple programming are pretty much lost for the average guy now.
S'pose if I had to do it now I'd do it in Java, but I daresay one could even do it in batch (or use the wonderful but defunct BUILDER). Come to think about it, Clipper would do well too.
I'll crawl back into my cave now.....