Andrew wrote:
> [Jgeneral] #jsoftware, irc channel
> join in
Terrence wrote:
> [Jgeneral] new JWiki page unveils ...
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/A_Fine_Line
For those of you who enjoyed that essay, I should point out that it was a
result of an exchange between Terrence and myself on IRC.
IRC is an interesting medium, and has a different flavor from both the Forums
and the Wiki. I'd recommend you each give it a shot, if only to see if you
like it.
Steps to get started:
(A) Download and install an IRC client:
http://www.mirc.com/get.html (Windows)
http://www.snak.com/Snak.html (Mac)
http://www.irssi.org/download (*X)
http://www.xchat.org/ (Any OS, I believe)
(B) Type /server efnet (which should pick a random EFNet server).
If that doesn't work, type /server irc.efnet.org (which is a
specific EFNet server).
(C) Once you're connected to the server, type
/join #jsoftware
An extra incentive is that Andrew and I are working on a IRC J interface. This
will allow you to type J into the IRC client and get the answers back, not
unlike the session manager. In fact, the room we've chosen for this purpose is
... you've guessed it .... #ijx .
Since J is so terse, this bot will allow IRC participants to have "J
Conversations" in realtime. Also it will allow anyone who's IRC savvy to try
J, without installing the interpreter (for newbies, or from the road).
With all that said, it is proper at this point to give full disclosure: IRC is
addictive.
-Dan
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