IA in python

file = open('file', 'r')
for riga in file.readlines():
          splitted = riga.split('|')
          a[splitted[0]] = splitted[1]
file.close()

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
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#    Giovanni Capuano <webmaster@giovannicapuano.net>
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class ArtificialNiggerIntelligence
       attr_accessor :db
       
       def initialize(db = nil)
               @db = !db ? 'db' : db
               if !File.exist?(@db)
                       File.new(@db, 'w')
               end
       end
               
       def parse
               hash = Hash.new
               file = File.open(@db, 'r')
               begin
                       while(line = file.gets)
                               if split != ''
                                       split = line.split('|')
                                       hash[split[0]] = split[1]
                               end
                       end
                       file.close
               rescue => e
                       puts 'Error reading the database.'
               end
               hash
       end
       
       def learn(question, answer)
               file = File.open(@db, 'a')
               file.write("#{question}|#{answer}") # Why the fucking concatenation with ,/+/<< doesn't work?
               file.close
       end
       
       def clear
               if File.exist?(@db)
                       File.delete(@db)
                       File.open(@db, 'w')
               end
       end
end

ai = ArtificialNiggerIntelligence.new
puts 'Type `/q` whenever you want to kill this app and `/c` to clear your database.'
begin
       hash = ai.parse
       print '>'
       question = gets.chomp.downcase
       if question == '/q'
               break
       elsif question == '/c'
               ai.clear
               redo
       end
       if hash.has_key?(question)
               puts hash[question]
       else
               print 'I don\'t know what I have to say. Enlighten me: '
               answer = gets.chomp # I need this var when I do the condition loop
               ai.learn(question, answer)
               puts 'Ok. Thank you very much bro.'
       end
end while true