I'm writing a program that is supposed to create IRC bots (using POE) each time it gets a request. The program is: 
use POE;
use POE::Component::Server::TCP;
use POE::Component::IRC;

POE::Component::Server::TCP->new(
  Port     => '9999',
  Address  => '0.0.0.0',
  ClientInput => \&client_input,
);

POE::Session->create(
  package_states => [
    main => [qw( _start irc_001 )],
  ],
);

$poe_kernel->run();


sub _start {
}


sub client_input {
  ++$x;
  print "creating bot-$x\n";
  POE::Component::IRC->new("bot-$x");
  $_[KERNEL]->post("bot-$x", 'register', 'all');
  $_[KERNEL]->post("bot-$x", "connect", {
    Nick => "j-bot-$x",          
    Server => 'irc.freenode.net',
    Port => 6667,       
  });
  print "created bot-$x\n";
}


sub irc_001 {
  print "CONNECTED ...\n";
}

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I never see the "CONNECTED" message. What am I doing wrong?
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In reply to Adding sessions on-the-fly to POE program by japhy

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