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Some IRC channels I'm in are great. (Hi Clojure! Hi Haskell! You guys are really nice!) Some are like ##C which is a hive of scum and villainy.

• woah 14y ago
  Just went in ##C-unregistered, and they were quite nice
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    • gosu 14y ago
      That was snarky and uncalled for. I think IRC is rubbing off on you, whether you want it to or not.
  • zxcdw 14y ago
    We're quite nice in ##C. Try ##C++ next time. :) Although the channels are meant for discussion about standard C/C++, in IRC it seems that many people actually try to master the standards of these languages and use that as a weapon to mock other people. It really feels like that at times. And it's understandable though - a question for which the answer can't be found in the language standard is off-topic. In such environment and "culture" it's inevitable that people start raging after the third "What is the best IDE/I mixed pointers and arrays and why not work they should be the same, no?" question for the day. At some point you just wish to kick these people off the channel the moment they voice their presence. I can totally see why this would not be a case in a channel related to Haskell or Clojure where talking about anything related to the language is the point, rather than the point being the language standard.