Greetings Monks:

I am new to object orientation and am learning by example. I have read the Net::IRC documentation and discovered along the way that POE provides a better solution. The following code is from the module documentation but alas I am missing the plot. The following code generates:

Can't call method "post" on an undefined value at POEirc line 14.
POE::Kernel's run() method was never called.
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Any advice on how to tweak this could enrich my knowledge of OO . thanks.

use POE::Component::IRC;

my ($irc)=POE::Component::IRC->spawn()or die;

$irc->yield ('register' => 'all');

$irc->yield('connect',
        { Nick     => 'n3u7bot',
          Server   => 'irc.2600.net',
          Port     => 6667,
          Username => 'HAL',
          Ircname  => 'darkphiber',
        } );
$kernal->post( 'my client ', 'join', '#2600tn' );
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