## Copyright (C) 2004 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} computer ()
## Print or return a string of the form @var{cpu}-@var{vendor}-@var{os}
## that identifies the kind of computer Octave is running on.  If invoked
## with an output argument, the value is returned instead of printed.  For
## example,
##
## @example
## @group
## computer ()
##      @print{} i586-pc-linux-gnu
##
## x = computer ()
##      @result{} x = "i586-pc-linux-gnu"
## @end group
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

function retval = computer ()

  if (nargin != 0)
    warning ("computer: ignoring extra arguments");
  endif

  msg = octave_config_info ("canonical_host_type");

  if (strcmp (msg, "unknown"))
    msg = "Hi Dave, I'm a HAL-9000";
  endif

  if (nargout == 0)
    printf ("%s\n", msg);
  else
    retval = msg;
  endif

endfunction
