parser for the IRC protocol

 POE::Filter::IRCD is a Perl module that provides a convenient way of creating
 and parsing Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol commands using the Perl Object
 Environment (POE) framework.
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 This module provides the basic parsing engine for various modules, including
 POE::Component::IRC and POE::Component::Server::IRC. A standalone version is
 available as Parse::IRC.