Boy how I loved mIRC. Granted I was one of the cretins populating MSNChat, this too was my gateway to programming.<p>I can remember the nights spent typing in trivial code, but it gave me such a rush! The feeling of being able to create things on impulse, to share code, and even being able to critique other peoples code, are things I miss so much.<p>This is why I've picked up Python, in an effort to reignite that rush. I miss it, a lot.