IRC Bot Inquiries

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@Brandon

From the looks of it, multi-channel bots solve this with multiple connections. That is a bit mind boggling, but perhaps there is a reason behind it that I’m missing.

@brildum

This is an artifact of this code originally being written with the assumption that connections only joined a single room, but its good to note this case for bots managing multiple rooms.

I agree pircbotx is a good start. I started there and now use Java’s socket library - the framework for connecting and receiving messages are simple enough anyway

As for rate-limiting I simply block my writer thread once it hits the cap, and implementing a connection pool is on my TODO

edit: If you opt for pircbotx, here’s a handy setup tutorial if unsure how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAQTtBTXN0