From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2002-03-25T03:57:55+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby port of perl's net::irc?

deimos wrote:
> I've written a few irc bots in perl, which in a nutshell, grab xml/rss
> feeds and dump it into a channel.  The thought of using ruby intrigues
> me, however the thought of ircing via sockets doesn't.  I've been on a
> kick to convert all my perl to ruby just to better learn the ruby
> language.  Any ported Net::IRC to ruby?  And/or, how would I go about
> doing this in ruby?  My c is very rusty, so writing Net::IRC for ruby
> would be a challenge to say the least.

I haven't tried it much, but it looked usable last I looked... 
(though it is unstable, according to the page)
  http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa-list.rhtml?name=IRC

Is it what you are looking for?

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