I really don't understand your reply -- I said I want a bot package that can do more than Eliza, but with the same clean interface. Eliza works just fine, and the interface doesn't make any assumptions (it doesn't assume you are on IRC, it doesn't assume you're reading from a filehandle, etc). The problem is that only Eliza appears to have this clean interface.

Did I clear up my desires, or am I still not making sense?