BitchX

reverse · 11-11-2007, 03:34 PM

For those who remember BitchX, I have a couple of question:

-> How and why was BitchX the most popular (or one of the most popular) IRC clients for UNIX just a few years ago? It wasn't particularly stable and it's scripting language was not particularly nice.. and the documentation seemed pretty poor. I just can't explain it to myself.

-> Is there any reason why anyone would use BitchX these days? Does it do anything better than.. say.. irssi?

-> Are there still hopes for a BitchX comeback (BitchX 2)? Does a need for a comeback still exist?

Simon Bridge · 11-11-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by reverse

For those who remember BitchX, I have a couple of question:

Fire away.

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-> How and why was BitchX the most popular (or one of the most popular) IRC clients for UNIX just a few years ago?

Because it got used a lot?

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-> Is there any reason why anyone would use BitchX these days? Does it do anything better than.. say.. irssi?

Someone will always find a reason. Some people found the original script an advantage over what was readily available at the time and, so stuck with it. There is no law that says you must automatically use the "best" of everything... it is hard enough just determining what that means.

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-> Are there still hopes for a BitchX comeback (BitchX 2)? Does a need for a comeback still exist?

From wikipedia:

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BitchX2 is the current project. While there is no current release to the public on the new code base, the project is leaning towards merging back to the current base version of Epic.

http://www.bitchx.org/

reverse · 11-12-2007, 07:20 AM

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Because it got used a lot?

Well yes obviously, but I was rather asking *why* it got used a lot.

I stumbled accross the project known as "ScrollZ", it *kind of* looks like BitchX, perhaps it's because of their common bases.

Simon Bridge · 11-12-2007, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by reverse

I was rather asking *why* it got used a lot

I thought I answered that quite well...

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Originally Posted by Simon

Someone will always find a reason. Some people found the original script an advantage over what was readily available at the time and, so stuck with it. There is no law that says you must automatically use the "best" of everything... it is hard enough just determining what that means.

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Originally Posted by reverse

I stumbled accross the project known as "ScrollZ", it *kind of* looks like BitchX, perhaps it's because of their common bases.

Maybe, or could there be only a few ways to actually do this sort of thing?

What's your interest?

reverse · 11-13-2007, 06:34 AM

I'm just fascinated by BitchX.