Technical Docs/Vids/Talk on the inner workings of IRC?
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lost_your_fill · 2023-08-15 14:14

Hi folks, my youth was filled with IRC, but sadly I never had the
chance to understand how exactly IRC works.  Are there any tech talks
or docs on the inner workings?  Thanks.

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not-finished · 2023-08-15 15:56

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1459

May not be what you are looking for, but it’s not a bad read.

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I-am-fun-at-parties · 2023-08-16 00:16

also RFC 2812 and the IRCv3 spec