Prints a silly status message

max.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*-

import string
import sys

def recurse(levels, path):
    if levels == 0:
        left  = string.uppercase[path]
        right = left + "′"
    else:
        left  = '“' + recurse(levels - 1, 2*path + 0) + '”'
        right = '“' + recurse(levels - 1, 2*path + 1) + '”'
    return 'You say ' + left + ', I say ' + right

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Takes one argument from 0 to 4
    levels = int(sys.argv[1])
    print recurse(levels, 0)