Subj : Re: Chat Room Bots
To   : comp.programming
From : Jyrki Alakuijala
Date : Wed Aug 10 2005 08:41 pm

mwmiller314@gmail.com wrote:
> What programming languages / tools are used to program bots that
> message with chat room users?

I wrote the first IRCbot (Puppe) in C in late 1988 or early 1989.
Puppe was a simulation of a Finnish-talking computer nerd. One of
the first IRC chatters ("aps") talked with it during several days
and in the end did not believe that he was chatting with a program
and demanded to see the source.

Puppe was actually running on an Atari ST computer, connecting
to Oulubox IRC client (-- not IRC server as proper bots are
supposed to do) using a 1200 (or perhaps even 2400) bps modem.

A friend of mine developed another bot, nicked Roope, based on
Puppe's source and sometimes the bots talked annoyingly with
each other. However, both bots were somewhat shy to cover their
incomplete understanding of human life, leaving lots of space
for human-to-human talks within the channel. One of the in-built
rules prohibited Puppe to fill more than 10% of the public
discussion going on its channel. Naturally, it would continue
private discussions without this limitation.

If I would have to do something similar again, I would most likely
try to do it with Python.

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