Subj : Re: Chat Room Bots To : comp.programming From : Rotes Sapiens Date : Fri Aug 12 2005 03:16 pm On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:41:28 +0300, Jyrki Alakuijala wrote: >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. Which do you think would better for prog an AI in and why, Python or PHP? Sig: I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. -- Isaac Asimov .