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use v6-alpha;

#XXX just so that File:;Spec can be used w/o being installed
unshift @*INC, 'ext/File-Spec/lib', '../ext/File-Spec/lib', '../../ext/File-Spec/lib';

require File::Spec;

my $progdir = splitpath($*PROGRAM_NAME)[1] || '.';
@*INC.push($progdir);
require Motd; #must be in PERL6LIB path, to say 'use';

my $limit     = @*ARGS[0] // '2';
my $dict      = canonpath("$progdir/pugspraise");
my $fh        = open $dict err die $!;
my @list      = =$fh;

my &tell = -> $max {
        # the hash prevents the pick of identical phrases for a single
        # sentence
        say "Pugs is{   
            my %a; 
            # randomize the iterations for variety's sake
            for 1..pick( 1..$max) {
                # weight every pick equally    
                %a{pick @list}=1;
            } 
            report matchval(1,%a,$max);
        }."
};

tell($limit);