<s>
The	O
mIRC	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
often	O
unofficially	O
abbreviated	O
to	O
"	O
mSL	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
embedded	O
in	O
mIRC	B-Language
,	O
an	O
IRC	B-Protocol
client	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dialog	O
windows	B-Application
can	O
be	O
created	O
in	O
mIRC	B-Language
to	O
better	O
serve	O
user-compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
mIRC	B-Language
dialog	O
extensions	O
include	O
MDX	O
(	O
mIRC	B-Language
Dialog	O
Extension	O
)	O
and	O
DCX	O
(	O
Dialog	O
Control	O
Extension	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
a	O
few	O
versions	O
of	O
mdx.dll	O
and	O
dcx.dll	O
modded	O
by	O
IRC	B-Protocol
hackers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bots	O
that	O
provide	O
automated	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channel	O
management	O
,	O
trivia	O
or	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
desired	O
functions	O
for	O
chatters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commands	O
that	O
save	O
typing	O
or	O
otherwise	O
simplify	O
life	O
on	O
IRC	B-Protocol
(	O
such	O
as	O
automatically	O
identifying	O
as	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
a	O
nickname	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripts	O
are	O
stored	O
as	O
either	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
,	O
usually	O
with	O
a	O
.mrc	B-Language
file	O
extension	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
INI	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
mIRC	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
uses	O
its	O
own	O
nomenclature	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
language	O
constructs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hash	B-Algorithm
tables	I-Algorithm
are	O
available	O
for	O
larger	O
data	O
storage	O
;	O
arrays	O
are	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mIRC	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
make	O
use	O
of	O
sigils	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
contain	O
unlimited	O
binary	O
data	O
or	O
up	O
to	O
4,150	O
(	O
950	O
prior	O
to	O
mIRC	B-Language
6.32	O
)	O
bytes	O
of	O
plain	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripting	O
parser	O
supports	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
8,292	O
(	O
950	O
prior	O
to	O
mIRC	B-Language
6.32	O
)	O
characters	O
per	O
line	O
(	O
not	O
including	O
newlines	O
or	O
indentation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strings	O
are	O
not	O
syntactically	O
enclosed	O
,	O
creating	O
ambiguities	O
in	O
code	O
where	O
characters	O
meant	O
as	O
literal	O
strings	O
are	O
treated	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
's	O
syntax	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mIRC	B-Language
's	O
parser	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
null	O
tokens	O
and	O
the	O
language	O
does	O
n't	O
provide	O
a	O
syntax	B-Application
to	O
clearly	O
differentiate	O
literal	O
strings	O
from	O
code	O
;	O
Prior	O
to	O
mIRC	B-Language
version	O
6.2	O
it	O
was	O
impossible	O
to	O
pass	O
multiple	O
consecutive	O
spaces	O
to	O
any	O
command	O
or	O
alias	O
.	O
</s>
