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title: "Jibot and purl, distant cousins?"
date: 2003-09-04T08:57:55-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2003/09/04/jibot-and-purl/
author: Les Orchard
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# Jibot and purl, distant cousins?

<blockquote cite="http://epeus.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_epeus_archive.html#106267649855792923"><i><a href="http://jibot.joi.ito.com:8080/braindump.rpy">What the #joiito bot knows.</a> I'm dumping it out dynamically with the Twisted webserver, which is all Python too.</i></blockquote><div class="credit" align="right"><small>Source: <cite><a href="http://epeus.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_epeus_archive.html#106267649855792923">Epeus' epigone - Kevin Marks weblog</a></cite></small></div>	<p>While the <a href="irc://irc.freenode.org/%23joiito">#joiito</a> bot is looking pretty keen, I keep wondering if anyone hacking on it has seen <a href="http://www.infobot.org/">Infobot</a> ?  It&#8217;s the brains behind purl, the bot serving #perl channels on a few <span class="caps">IRC</span> networks.  Jibot seems to have some funky punctuation-based commands, but purl accepts commands in formulatic english and even picks a few things up from normal channel chatter.  When I look at Kevin Marks&#8217; dump of Jibot&#8217;s brains, I can&#8217;t help but think of the gigantic <a href="http://www.infobot.org/factpacks/">factoid packs</a> available for Infobot.</p>
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                <a href="#comment-221089663" class="permalink"><time datetime="2003-09-05T00:58:47">2003-09-05T00:58:47</time></a>
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            <div class="content">Jibot doesn't store facts, it stores opinions. It is a communal repository for gossip. When you enter #joiito it heralds you with your communal definition.</div>
            
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                <a href="#comment-221089670" class="permalink"><time datetime="2003-09-05T01:30:33">2003-09-05T01:30:33</time></a>
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            <div class="content">Well, purl doesn't herald, but she does remember gossip and she does impressions of channel regulars.  Oh yeah, and she maintains a Swahilli Phrasebook.  :)</div>
            
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