inhahe <inh...@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 >> -- >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > 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 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
