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WizardStan said:
El Jefe said:
oops, I kinda said that wrong, I know how to use, but what I meant was, why would you use it? whats the point?
Real time group chat. It's a standard communication protocol and doesn't require sign up (in most cases) so basically anyone can just connect and go.
Even if the Pandora came with no other software but the OS and network connectivity, a basic IRC client could be written in under 10 minutes from scratch. The same cannot be said for any other IM client. Except maybe that protocol G-Talk uses. Or ICQ, but who uses that anymore?
I have used IRC from a python shell writing directly to the socket. Not because I had to, but it was fun for a while. Just shows how simple the protocol is.
 
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