> You could do that as well with IRC. You mean replaying channel chat history on the server side without having to use a bouncer? > I like IRC since the proto

> You could do that as well with IRC. You mean replaying channel chat history on the server side without having to use a bouncer? > I like IRC since the protocol is so simple you could almost type in a raw telnet session live. That is true and it makes writing bots relatively easy. From what I've read about XMPP, it appears that most languages have libraries to abstract the XMPP protocol to make writing a bot easier.