Jonaki Ray

A Programmer’s Guide

age = int (variable);

Right_age(age);

skin_color = String (variable);

                  = “fair”; “dark”;

Right_complexion (skin_color)

If

You = Right_age(< 30)

If

You = Right_complexion (fair)

//Optional functions

//right_religion

//right_height

//right_weight

//Procedure accommodating_nature

Temper = String (variable);

                 = “hot”; “cool”;

Diplomatic = Boolean

                        = True; False;

Accommodating_nature (Temper, Diplomatic);

You = Accommodating_nature (cool, True);

//Procedure Intelligence

Not_show = Boolean

                      =  True; False;

//Don’t show that you are smarter than a man

Intelligence (Not_show);

You = Intelligence (True);

//Procedure Never_say_no

//Never say no to a man

Could-be-anything = String (variable)

            = “Sex”; “His_Career”;

Never_say_no (Could-be-anything);

You = Never_say_no (Sex);

//Then

Love = true;

Else Error (“Keep trying. Something is wrong with you”);


Jonaki Ray was educated in India (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) and the USA (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). After a short stint as a software engineer, she decided to return to her first love, writing. Honors for her work include the 2019 Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award, a 2018 Pushcart Prize nomination (Zoetic Press, USA), a 2018 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem nomination (Oxford Brookes Poetry Center, UK), and First Prize, 2017 Oxford Brookes University International Poetry Contest, ESL category. She has also been shortlisted for multiple other awards including the 2018 Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition and the 2016 RL Poetry Award.