IRC and Jabber be able to natively communicate with each other
By
katoh
on December 06, 2007
Have IRC as Jabber chat rooms, good or bad idea?
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What, exactly, is the claim?
That they should be able to communicate with each other? That they ARE able to communicate with each other? That Jabber should (or does) natively use IRC as its chat room protocol?
Something else?
IRC protocol is old and horrible to work with. It's no wonder IRC programs are difficult for new computer user's to grasp, the protocol was designed in an era when computers only had glowing green terminals of text. It's a shitty protocol that should be put down and replaced with something worthwhile like Jabber Conference rooms just as soon as we can!
First: Bullshit. RFC 1459 came out in 1993, and notes that the protocol "was developed over the last 4 years". It took me ten seconds to find this out.
Second: I challenge you to cite me the specific limitations in the IRC protocol that you object to and how XMPP overcomes them. Limitations in the *protocol*, mind. Cite client problems and be known for a dipshit.
Third: In re the actual claim, it makes not the least bit of sense. IRC and XMPP are different protocols; there is no "natively communicate with each other". You can bridge the two kinds of networks -- and this gets done quite a lot -- but that cannot possibly be referred to as "native" behavior.
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