static int suckFromChat_chatPort = 9751;
static Socket suckFromChat_socket;
static BufferedReader suckFromChat_in, suckFromChatNoHistory_in;
static boolean suckFromChat_present;

static S suckFromChatNoHistory() ctex {
  if (suckFromChatNoHistory_in == null) {
    startChatServerIfNotUp();
    waitForChatServer();
    final Socket s = new Socket("localhost", suckFromChat_chatPort+2);
    print("connected to chat");
    suckFromChatNoHistory_in = new BufferedReader(
      new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
  }
  return suckFromChatNoHistory_in.readLine();
}

static S suckFromChat() ctex {
  if (suckFromChat_in == null) {
    startChatServerIfNotUp();
    waitForChatServer();
    suckFromChat_socket = new Socket("localhost", suckFromChat_chatPort+1);
    print("connected to chat");
    //reportToChat("Hey ho I'm sucking!");
    suckFromChat_in = new BufferedReader(
      new InputStreamReader(suckFromChat_socket.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
  }
  S line = suckFromChat_in.readLine();
  if (line != null && line.length() == 0) suckFromChat_present = true; // We have reached the present :)
  return line;
}

static void suckFromChat_close() ctex {
  if (suckFromChat_socket != null) {
    suckFromChat_socket.close();
    suckFromChat_socket = null;
  }
}