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.

this package contains the megahal binary, and for your scripting pleasure modules for perl, python and tcl.