So I was building an irc bot from scratch. I had named it sobot. Did the first test run and guess what? There's already an irc bot by that name. So what I am asking is: Am i paddling in the wrong direction? Cause currently I do not find any irc bot in the apps section of the site.
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by 'irc bot' you mean?Sky Sanders– Sky Sanders2010-07-04 05:31:54 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 5:31
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well its a bot that will run on an irc channel. And do stuff with the stackapps api.theplic– theplic2010-07-04 05:46:29 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 5:46
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Awesome! I'd love to hear more about this... is it going to be open-source? What language is it in?Nathan Osman– Nathan Osman2010-07-04 05:55:28 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 5:55
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sure it will be open source. it's in python though. So i guess im gonna hear some "bleh" out there :Dtheplic– theplic2010-07-04 06:11:33 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 6:11
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I love Python. I even used it for one of my API apps. No complaints from me.Nathan Osman– Nathan Osman2010-07-04 06:36:58 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 6:36
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Well, I haven't seen any mention of an irc bot here.
perhaps the name is coincidental.
Apparently is is not coincidental.
Can you beat it? if so - go for it. competition creates better software.
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1a /whois gives the description as "Stack overflow question bot" :/theplic– theplic2010-07-04 06:27:45 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 6:27
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whois...? whois of what...?Nathan Osman– Nathan Osman2010-07-04 06:50:26 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 6:50
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@theplic - updated answerSky Sanders– Sky Sanders2010-07-04 07:20:24 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 7:20
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I came to know about this comp this week. Just started out. Though I will finish what i started anyway. @George It's an irc command to know about a user.theplic– theplic2010-07-04 08:01:42 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 8:01
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Ooooh. That whois. (I was thinking of a different one.)Nathan Osman– Nathan Osman2010-07-04 16:27:08 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 16:27