Here are three simple scripts - the first two are for finding the sum of first N natural numbers (ie. 1,2,3...N) and the third, for reading lines from a text file and instantiating spheres based on them.

addNNum_1
// To use this, create a file called addNNum_1.mel with the proc below, and call it
// with something like
// addNNum_1   10  <Ret>

global proc addNNum_1(int $N)
{
// $sum will hold the result from the formula/equation
int $sum =  ($N * ($N+1)) * 0.5 ;

print("The sum of first " + $N + " numbers is " + $sum + "\n");
}// addNNum_1()
 

addNNum_2
// To use this, create a file called addNNum_2.mel with the proc below, and call it
// with something like
// addNNum_2   60  <Ret>

global proc addNNum_2(int $N)
{
int $sum = 0; // will accumulate our result
int $i; // loop 'counter' variable

// accumulate the result in a 'for' loop. In other words, we start with 0, then add 1 to that,
// 2 to the result, 3 to that result, and so
for($i=1; $i<=$N; $i=$i+1)
{
  $sum = $sum + $i;
}
print("The sum of first " + $N + " numbers is " + $sum + "\n");
}// addNNum_2()
 

createPrims
// Reads a file from disk, creates spheres or cones
// based on contents of the file
// Create a text file (eg. call it 'spheres.dat') and include
// lines in it, where each line is of the form
// sph xlocation ylocation zlocation radius
// A sample line could be
// sph 0 0 5 12.0
// Use the following program [call it createPrims.mel]  by saying
// createPrims spheres.dat <Ret>

global proc createPrims(string $inFileName)
{

// open the file
int $fileId=`fopen $inFileName "r"`;

// for each line
//  read line
//  get position, radius
//  create sphere

string $nextLine = `fgetline $fileId`;
while ($nextLine != "")
{
  int $numTokens;
  print ("The ***** next line is " + $nextLine + "\n");

 // Instance a sphere!!
 
 string $tokens[];
 $numTokens = `tokenize $nextLine " " $tokens`;

 if($tokens[0] == "sph")
   {
     print("Creating a sphere!\n");
     float $rad = $tokens[4];
 
     float $xpos = $tokens[1];
     float $ypos = $tokens[2];
     float $zpos = $tokens[3];

    // The following is where the actual sphere creation and translation happens
     string $sph[] = `sphere -r $rad`;
     select $sph[0];
     move -a $xpos $ypos $zpos;
   }
 $nextLine = `fgetline $fileId`;
}// while there is a next line to read

// close the file
fclose $fileId;
 
}// createPrims()

Here's a script that will read a text file containing XYZ data, in
the form
1.2 -4.5 0.8
12.6 78.098 1.3425
...
and create a new file with the Y and Z values transposed.

Modeling
countTriangles.mel
crossSection.mel
nurbsExtractCurves.mel
polyIcosahedron.mel
subSurf.mel

Animation
aimSpot.mel
bakeDef.mel
jInbetweener.mel
shaker.mel
showTimeCode.mel

Rendering
polyMove2uv.mel
sds_snap_lights_to_nurbs.mel
surfLite.mel
textureNurbs.mel
'Light Girl'