please refer to the <a href="download.php.en">Download</a>
options.
</p>
+<p>
+ Development of ngIRCd started back in 2001: The server has been written
+ from scratch in C, tries to follow all relevant standards, and is not
+ based on the forefather, the daemon of the IRCNet.
+</p>
+<p>
+ It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of
+ the original ircd or corner-cases in the RFCs, but to implement most of
+ the useful commands and semantics that are used by existing clients.
+<p>
+ ngIRCd is used as the daemon in real-world in-house and public IRC
+ networks and included in the package repositories of various operating
+ systems.
+</p>
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