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+# TODO
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+- don't use os.system() and piping to a file for commands
+- better IRC response parser
+- configuration file
+- only allow certain users to run commands
+- (maybe) windows support? (who doesn't want to destroy windows from an IRC channel)
+- add code comments
+- better handling of stdout/stdin