I chose scripting language, because I was introduced to programming with mIRC script. :) I actually used mIRC script to write socket-based tools that didn't eve

I chose scripting language, because I was introduced to programming with mIRC script. :) I actually used mIRC script to write socket-based tools that didn't even run on IRC. I wrote Battle.net bots with it, if anyone recalls those days. This was in like 1997.