#! perl
use strict;

package Person;

sub new {
  my ($class, $name) = @_;
  my $self  = {};

  if ($who eq 'you') {
    $self = {
      name      => $name, 
      confirm   => 'Yeah!',
      amplitude => 3,
    }  
  }; 
  bless $self, $class;
}

sub confirm {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->{confirm} || "";
}

sub amplitude {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->{amplitude} || "";
}

sub loves {
  my ($source, $target) = @_;
  if ($target->{name} eq 'you') {
    join(" ", ($target->confirm()) x $target->amplitude()) . "\n";
  }
}

package main;

my $she   = Person->new();
my $who   = Person->new('you');
my @depth = qw/None Somewhat Lots OohBaby/;

print $she->loves($who) for @depth;
print $who->confirm(), "\n\n";

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