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cpitman | karma 1801 | avg karma 3.92 · 2017-07-04 15:39:07+00:00

As someone who has written an IRC server implementation, there is no standard protocol. There is an RFC, but no one implements it. Instead, each server uses its own mix of poorly documented pseudo-standards.

voltagex_ | karma 10530 | avg karma 1.86 · 2017-07-05 05:36:49+00:00

IRCv3 FTW. I don't think they'll achieve their goals before IRC completely dies, though.

cpitman | karma 1801 | avg karma 3.92 · 2017-07-10 01:14:14+00:00

Last I checked, IRCv3 had also given up standardizing the server-to-server protocol.