* your name : Xin Zhou * your email address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * your homepage if you have one : N/A * your preferred user-ID on CPAN. : zhouxin * a simple web robot to look up a word from Merriam-Webster site using POST method, and print the text response to STDOUT. * this is not a module * A special-purpose simple script (a web robot) that looks up a word from Merriam-Webster site. This script only uses Socket and no other modules or packages, and it demonstrates the use of POST method to submit a FORM. However, the specific use of this script is limited to talking to www.m-w.com, and the fact that many parameters are hard-coded makes it dependent on the stability of that web site. Nonetheless, since everything is explicitly written, it is very easy to manually change those hard-coded strings * I have let my friends use it on their UNIX machines and they enjoyed using it, since it takes no time to run, compared with using Explorer or Navigator just to go to Webster's web site. I think it could be useful for other non-English native speakers. So far as debugging is concerned, it is my sole responsibility. After all, there is very little interest in debugging other people's code, especially if it is not work-related.
