IRC Client

I'm interested in programming an IRC Client, is there any decent tutorials or books on the topic? I'd prefer it in C/C++, but not entirely needed.

>>7
Sockets are easy,
No, sockets are the hardest part if you compare the rfcs for all the tcp/ip, the rfcs for IRC proto and the documentation for your UI.

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1459.html

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