From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-09-05T00:16:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby IRC client

On Sep 4, 2006, at 12:14 AM, |MKSM| wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The other night I was talking to a friend over IRC about how simple
> IRC clients scripting would be if Ruby was used. Well, why not have a
> whole client coded with Ruby? Since my experience/knowledge with Ruby
> is not that great, I'd like to hear some thoughts about this.
>
> Would Ruby be a good choice to code an IRC client? My goal is to
> project/envision something that could rival mIRC. Aspects such as GUI,
> speed, scripting/plugins need to be taken into account.
>
> Hope anyone that is familiar with IRC and Ruby could help me with
> their thoughts and ideas on this.

Ruby makes a fine IRC language.  I used an IRC Bot as an example in a  
Unit Testing article I wrote:

   http://grayproductions.net/ruby/first_steps.html

Hope that gives you some fresh ideas.

James Edward Gray II