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0 pointszbuttram9y ago0 comments

Protocol? I kind of assumed things like Slack, Gitter, etc. were just using websockets that communicate with their backend.

0 pointszbuttram9y ago0 comments

Protocol? I kind of assumed things like Slack, Gitter, etc. were just using websockets that communicate with their backend.

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Duhck9y ago· 5 in thread

Slack is built on top of IRC. Presumably Gitter is as well

vertex-four9y ago

Slack is definitely not built on top of IRC. There is, however, an IRC interface to Slack.

edoceo9y ago

Not on top of IRC. Just similar in that they are both chat like

detaro9y ago

> Slack is built on top of IRC

Source? First time I hear that, and it seems unlikely, since they have quite a few features that don't fit nicely in stock IRC.

kuschku9y ago

I’m not sure there are any Slack features that don’t fit into stock IRC v3. Basically everything they do is already supported or a draft. (Now just everyone has to implement it)

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owaislone9y ago

Any source on that. I don't think it follows any protocols at all. Just implements it's own thing.

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