Make A Retro Chatbot For IRC

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Ever since I started making software for the Internet back in 1995, I’ve been fascinated by chatbots — programs that attempt to chat with humans, as if they too were human. Back in 1995, however, chatbots typically weren’t the conversational kind, they more commonly acted as automated administrators. They were frequently employed on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to keep channels clean of spammers, and other such tasks. If you’re new to IRC (or haven’t used it in a while), I recommend you read <a href="https://medium.com/the-complete-guide-for-irc-network-i-e-freenode/irc-introduction-and-its-main-ingredients-982cd3639a67" target="_blank">this excellent Medium article by Baseer Hussain</a> to get up and running.