[IRCServices] New services implementations & Updates?

[Andrew Church]

     Just a quick response to this before I head off to work:

>1. MultiCast Networking for IRC Networks & Services:
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     While an interesting idea, the biggest problem is that IRC servers
don't support it, and unless you personally want to update every server
in existence that probably won't change anytime soon.  There would also
be the problem of obtaining a multicast IP for the network (I admit I'm
not up on what that process entails).

>2. IPv6 Support for IRC Networks & Services:
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     I'm in agreement about this one, though I think it's a fairly low
priority at this point.

>3. SQL DataBase Support for IRC Services:
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     As someone else pointed out, this would involve a significant
rewrite for a comparatively small improvement.  Moreover, using SQL
could actually hurt performance due to the overhead of SQL calls,
and would affect reliability due to the necessity of maintaining an
additional proecss (the SQL server).

  --Andrew Church
    achurch at dragonfire.net
    http://achurch.dragonfire.net/

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