README for Algorithm::MarkovChain 0.05 =head1 NAME Algorithm::MarkovChain - Object oriented Markov chain generator =head1 SYNOPSIS use Algorithm::MarkovChain; my $chain = Algorithm::MarkovChain::->new(); # learn about things from @symbols $chain->seed(symbols => \@symbols, longest => 6); # attempt to tell me something about the sky my @newness = $chain->spew(length => 20, complete => [ qw( the sky is ) ]); =head1 INSTALLATION perl Build.PL perl Build test and if all goes well perl Build install =head1 HISTORY What changed over the last 3 revisions =over =item 0.06 Sunday 9th March, 2004 Fix for rt.cpan.org #6259 Converted to Module::Build =item 0.03 Tue Oct 31 16:22:56 2000 - change in spew behavior, prevents infinite loops in the case that a chainset is self-referential =item 0.02 Mon Oct 09 17:54:00 2000 - test for existence of chains in spew to prevent looping =back =head1 AUTHOR Richard Clamp =head1 SEE ALSO perl(1).