Source: megahal
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Build-Depends: debhelper, tcl8.3-dev, python1.5-dev
Maintainer: David N. Welton <davidw@debian.org>
Standards-Version: 3.1.1.1

Package: megahal
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Description: a conversation simulator that can learn as you talk to it
 Conversation simulators are computer programs which give the appearance of
 conversing with a user in natural language. Such programs are effective
 because they exploit the fact that human beings tend to read much more
 meaning into what is said than is actually there; we are fooled into reading
 structure into chaos, and we interpret non-sequitur as valid conversation.
 .
 MegaHAL differs from conversation simulators such as Eliza in that it uses
 a Markov Model to learn how to hold a conversation. It is possible to
 teach MegaHAL to talk about new topics, and in different languages.
