# Irc

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc/101939>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 8, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc/101939 "2006-08-08T19:51:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![innu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/cdc98d/32.png) [@innu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/innu)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc/101939/1 "2006-08-08T19:51:08Z")

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Can i use ruby language for building irc client and how? Im pretty  
newbie about system programming.

So all suggestions are welcome.

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**Author:** ![innu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/cdc98d/32.png) [@innu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/innu)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irc/101939/2 "2006-08-08T20:00:25Z")

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On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Indrek Ju wrote:

> Can i use ruby language for building irc client and how? Im pretty  
> newbie about system programming.

I wrote an article on unit testing with building an IRC bot as my  
sample code. You can read it here:

[http://grayproductions.net/ruby/first\_steps.html](http://grayproductions.net/ruby/first_steps.html)

Hope that helps.

James Edward G. II