AI::MegaHAL version 0.06
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1) DESCRIPTION
2) INSTALLATION
3) DEPENDENCIES
4) BUGS
5) AUTHOR INFORMATION
6) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
7) TESTING


1) DESCRIPTION
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AI::MegaHAL is a Perl package written by Cory Spencer, and provides bindings
to the MegaHAL conversation simulator, which was originally written by Jason
Hutchens.  

AI::MegaHAL is based on the 9.1.0 release of MegaHAL, which can been downloaed
from the following URL:

  http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/megahal/
  (previous:
   http://megahal.alioth.debian.org/
   http://megahal.sourceforge.net/
  )


To read about the latest features, see the Changes file.

The author invites feedback on AI::MegaHAL. If you find a bug, please send the
information described in the BUGS section below.


2) INSTALLATION
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To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install


3) DEPENDENCIES
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AI::MegaHAL does not require any additional packages or libraries to be
installed.


4) BUGS
-------

If you find a bug, please report it to the author along with the
following information:

    * version of Perl (output of 'perl -V' is best)
    * version of AI::MegaHAL
    * operating system type and version
    * exact text of error message or description of problem
    * example model files/data being classified

If we don't have access to a system similar to yours, you may be asked
to insert some debugging lines and report back on the results.  The more help
and information you can provide, the better.

5) AUTHOR INFORMATION
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The Perl AI::MegaHAL module was written by Cory Spencer <cspencer[at]sprocket.org>
Now maintained by Alexandr Ciornii <alexchorny[at]gmail.com>

Any questions related to the underlying MegaHAL C interface should be directed 
to the current maintainers of the package.  Contact addresses are provided on
the MegaHAL SourceForge homepage at:

  http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/megahal/


6) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Thanks go to the dot com with whom I was a former employee of at the time this
module was written.  Without the long hours spent in a confined office space,
I would have never undertaken this project to help maintain my sanity.

7) TESTING
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This module was tested on MSVC, Mingw, FreeBSD 5.4, RedHat Linux.
See http://cpantesters.perl.org/show/AI-MegaHAL.html for more.