I have, in several instances - just thinking that perhaps a few modification could lower memory usage and slightly improve performance.
Yes, there are still other alternatives (better ones possibly) however mIRC funcionaility for me is great. Although I enjoy using php, and there is the 'windows' factor where using mirc to run bots is concerned, I still believe that it would be real neat to have a version of mirc made specifically to run as a bot.
