NAME

Radioactive::Decay - allow scalar values to decay over time

SYNOPSIS

  use Radioactive::Decay;

  my $halflife = 10;
  tie my $var, $Radioactive::Decay, $halflife;

  $var = 40;
  sleep 10;
  print $var;  # 20
  sleep 10;
  print $var;  # 10

DESCRIPTION

This allows you to tie a scalar variable so that it will decay over time.

For example, if you set a half-life of 30 seconds, then a variable which is set to 100 now will be 25 in a minute's time.

We're sure there are all manner of useful applications for this, and hopefully someone will let us know what they are.

AUTHOR

Tony Bowden and Marty Pauley

BUGS and QUERIES

Please direct all correspondence regarding this module to: bug-Radioactive-Decay@rt.cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

  Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Tony Bowden, Marty Pauley

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; either version
  2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.