The year was 1998. It was the time when Windows 98 was just released. I dialed up my 56k modem and fired up mIRC, one of the most popular IRC client back then and connected to EFnet.
At that time I already knew Pascal a bit, so the concept of programming is not entirely new to me. Finding programming channels back then in my native language was impossible but I found some english programming channels and so it helped me improve my english and programming skills.
The concept of scripting mIRC to automate things amazed me. Being a nerd I was, I created simple scripts to automatically connect, identify and join channels; to more complex ones such as trivia and file sharing bots.
Yes, I programmed chatbots before it was cool.
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The year was 1998. It was the time when Windows 98 was just released. I dialed up my 56k modem and fired up mIRC, one of the most popular IRC client back then and connected to EFnet.
At that time I already knew Pascal a bit, so the concept of programming is not entirely new to me. Finding programming channels back then in my native language was impossible but I found some english programming channels and so it helped me improve my english and programming skills.
The concept of scripting mIRC to automate things amazed me. Being a nerd I was, I created simple scripts to automatically connect, identify and join channels; to more complex ones such as trivia and file sharing bots.
Yes, I programmed chatbots before it was cool.