Chatbot-Eliza/Chatbot-Eliza.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
# 
# File: Chatbot-Eliza.pl
# 
# Abstract: This Perl script provides a simple command line interface to 
#   Chatbot::Eliza. The script takes a command-line argument and
#   passes it to Eliza, and prints out Eliza's response.
# 
# Version: 1.0
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use Chatbot::Eliza;
 
# create a new Chatbot named "iChatEliza"
$chatbot = new Chatbot::Eliza 'iChatEliza';
 
# seed the random number generator
srand( time ^ ($$ + ($$ << 15)) );    
 
# pass the command line argument to Eliza
$reply = $chatbot->transform($ARGV[0]);
 
# print out the reply from Eliza.
print $reply . "\n";