perl IRC bot

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am about to start a perl bot project, just to get my self involved with sockets and such. Just a simple bot that will log channel info. I just want to know if anyone had any comments or suggestions especially pointers on what is the best approach. I'm going to use Socket;

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Re: perl IRC bot by larsen (Parson) on Aug 05, 2001 at 20:33 UTC
Once I started the same project, using Net::IRC. But, as is explained in this thread (Net::IRC does not connect), I had problems, so I've installed POE::Component::IRC. Have fun!	[reply]
Re: perl IRC bot by Beatnik (Parson) on Aug 05, 2001 at 20:48 UTC
I can also suggest using a Perl aware chat client and don't waste YASC (Yet Another Socket Connection). I wrote a basic IRC bot like thing for xchat. Greetz Beatnik ... Quidquid perl dictum sit, altum viditur.	[reply]