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Re: python for irc client

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inhahe <inhahe@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 5:14 AM Daniel via Python-list <
> python-list@python.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys -
>>
>> I have historical experience developing sofwtare for my own use. It has
>> been
>> quite a while since doing so and the advent of new languages has brought me
>> here. Python has built quite a reputation. It would be fun to pick up a
>> new language while I'm at it.
>>
>> I've been a consumer of IRC since the nineties and have been running an
>> instance of quassel core on an old laptop for the last decade. Over the
>> years, my use of xwindows has dramatically decreased and I spend 90% of my
>> computer time with multiple panes of tmux while I do my usual daily fun.
>> One
>> thing missing is a good textmode irc client that will connect to quassel
>> core.
>>
>> I've seen efforts to make a plugin for weechat but, to date, I don't see
>> much
>> progress on that end.
>>
>> In your wisdom, would python be a good environment to accomplish this? I'd
>> likely use extended ascii and colors. The point would be to minimize the
>> memory footprint of the application.
>>
>> I don't use standard desktop computers anymore - I'm writing this on my
>> beloved pi400 using emacs.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Daniel
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>
>
> I think Python would be a great language to write an IRC client in, it's a
> rapid-development language, and also Python is particularly good for text
> manipulation and the IRC protocol is textual rather than binary. But, if
> your only purpose for using Python is to reduce the memory footprint, I'm
> not sure. I don't know specifically, but I'd guess Python has a higher
> memory footprint than, say, C, because it's a high-level language. For
> example, each variable has to be boxed, and also the interpreter has to be
> loaded..
>
> Regarding high ASCII, I don't know if that works in IRC, but either way,
> ASCII isn't really enough nowadays. You need to support Unicode;
> specifically, UTF-8.

Okay great. Since my original post, I settled on UTF8. I have to create
a list of requirements for v1.0 to limit scope creep and I can actually
get this done.

I may put it on github and solicit for assistance at some point.

Thanks for the response, both of them. I'll look at the other code and
see how I can fold it in. What I have to find out, still, is how the
core server manages the messages. I suspect the core does all the
sending and receiving and the client just sends the packets to core for
management. That's just a guess though.

I still have to review the liraries, this is a new idea hatched last
night so I have yet to investigate much.

My initial thought was C++ but this would be my first termianl-only
application in many years so I thought a different coding platform would
be effective.

Daniel

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python for irc client Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2024-07-04 00:51 -0700
  Re: python for irc client inhahe <inhahe@gmail.com> - 2024-07-04 05:22 -0400
    Re: python for irc client Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2024-07-04 13:43 -0700
  Re: python for irc client inhahe <inhahe@gmail.com> - 2024-07-04 05:25 -0400
  Re: python for irc client Left Right <olegsivokon@gmail.com> - 2024-07-04 15:55 +0200
  Re: python for irc client orzodk <orzodk@fastmail.com> - 2024-07-08 15:09 -0600

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