epic5 - (E)nhanced (P)rogrammable (I)RC-II (C)lient
EPIC is an irc client project. The EPIC software was forked from ircII-2.8.2 in fall 1994. There have been 5 generations of EPIC.
EPIC's development model is to provide tools to scripters rather than features to end users. Out of the box, EPIC behaves much the same way ircII-2.8.2 did in 1994. To truly leverage EPIC, you will need a script pack. This Mandriva package includes the Amnesia script pack, see http://amnesiac.ircii.org/