epic4-1.0.1: description + notes
EPIC is the (E)nhanced (P)rogrammable (I)RC-II (C)lient.
EPIC4 is a new direction in ircII development. No longer is EPIC
100% backwards compatable with ircII, but instead we have chosen to
find those things where compatability is undesirable, and fix them.
No gratuitous incompatabilities have been added, but lots of new
code has been added to make EPIC the best ircII client we could make.
EPIC4 is derived directly from EPIC3, which was itself derived from
IRC-II which is currently maintained by Matthew Green, and includes
in whole all the additions included in the "plus" clients by Jeremy
Nelson and all of the modifications in the "mod" clients by Jake Khuon.
EPIC is currently maintained by EPIC Software Labs (ESL), comprised of
Jeremy Nelson, Jake Kuhon, Robert Chady, and a cast of a dozen others.
If you're interested in a list of pertinent links, try
http://links.epicsol.org/
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 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.
The EPIC mailing list is ircii-epic@concentric.net. Its run by a majordomo.
The list should be considered *low traffic*, and is used primarily for
product release announcements and public bug reports. Everything else
should be taken to private email.
Excerpted from doc/EPIC_ABOUT
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