<s>
Eggdrop	B-Language
is	O
a	O
popular	O
IRC	B-Protocol
bot	O
and	O
the	O
oldest	O
that	O
is	O
still	O
being	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Robey	O
Pointer	O
in	O
December	O
1993	O
to	O
help	O
manage	O
and	O
protect	O
the	O
EFnet	O
channel	O
#gayteen	O
;	O
one	O
Eggdrop	B-Language
bot	O
version	O
was	O
named	O
Valis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eggdrop	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
help	O
manage	O
and	O
protect	O
channels	O
from	O
takeover	O
attempts	O
and	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
IRC	B-Protocol
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bot	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
features	O
interfaces	O
for	O
C	B-Language
modules	B-Architecture
and	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
scripts	O
that	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
further	O
enhance	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
bot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
scripts	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
bot	O
's	O
functionality	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
them	O
written	O
by	O
Eggdrop	B-Language
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripts	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
add	O
and	O
extend	O
support	O
for	O
:	O
online	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
stats	O
,	O
user	O
and	O
channel	O
management	O
,	O
information	O
storage	O
and	O
lookup	O
,	O
greeting	O
channel	O
members	O
,	O
tracking	O
last	O
seen	O
times	O
,	O
botnet	O
management	O
,	O
anti-spam	O
,	O
file	O
serving	O
and	O
distribution	O
(	O
usually	O
via	O
the	O
DCC	O
protocol	O
)	O
,	O
IRC	B-Protocol
services	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
ChanServ	O
and	O
NickServ	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
much	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eggdrop	B-Language
includes	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
sharing	O
user	O
information	O
and	O
channel	O
bans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
botnet	O
supports	O
a	O
"	O
party	O
line	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
accessible	O
via	O
DCC	O
CHAT	O
and	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
can	O
communicate	O
within	O
the	O
botnet	O
on	O
various	O
channels	O
in	O
an	O
equivalent	O
to	O
a	O
miniature	O
IRC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
Eggdrop	B-Language
has	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
bots	O
run	O
by	O
IRC	B-Protocol
users	O
.	O
</s>
