#!/usr/bin/perl
print "What is your name? ";
chomp($name = ); # Program waits for user input from keyboard
print "$name, are you ready?";
chomp($response = );
$response=lc($response); # response is converted to lowercase
if($response eq "yes" or $response eq "y"){
print "Great! Let's get started learning Perl by example.\n";
}
else{
print "O.K. Try again later.\n";
}
$now = localtime; # Use a Perl function to get the date and time
print "$name, you ran this script on $now.\n";