EPIC (Enhanced Programmable irc-II Client) is a new direction in
ircII development.
Features:
EPIC is completely safe: There are no hidden trap doors. We value your
trust, and will not do anything to abuse it.
EPIC is programmable: While ircII does contain a wide range of commands
and functions, several glaring ommisions exist, which EPIC has attempted
to fill, making the ircII language complete, precise, and efficient.
EPIC supports bots: We do not agree with those who feel that script bots
are all the evil of irc, and we feel that scripts bots must not be
squelched by those who have the stranglehold of control on irc. EPIC will
support bots for as long as we maintain it.
EPIC is not anal retentive: EPIC allows you to do EVERYTHING that the irc
protocol (RFC 1459) allows, and does not place any arbitrary restrictions
upon you. EPIC *does* fully comply with the protocol as shipped and does
not allow you to do anything that is deemed illegal by the protocol.
EPIC is complete: EPIC supplies over 100 various functions and commands
which allow you to do things very quickly that required very large or slow
scripts in the past.
EPIC uses ANSI function declarations. Most current versions of the stock
client do have full prototyping for all functions, which has the same net
effect as the work we have done. We, however, chose to move all our function
headers to the ANSI style, rather than relying on K&R with function
prototypes. We provide a function declaration in a header file for every
extern function.
EPIC is getting smaller and faster. Changes are continually underway
to provide a faster client with more functionality while using less CPU
cycles. While these may appear to be conflicting goals, the whole point
of the EPIC project is to provide the best client that runs as well as
can be managed.
Fr3dY
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