import sys
import socket
import string
HOST="irc.freenode.net"
PORT=6667
NICK=b"MauBot"
IDENT="maubot"
REALNAME="MauritsBot"
readbuffer=""

s=socket.socket( )
s.connect((HOST, PORT))
s.send(b"NICK %s\r\n" + NICK)
s.send(b"USER ha haa bla :hahaha\r\n")

while 1:
    readbuffer=readbuffer+s.recv(1024)
    temp=string.split(readbuffer, "\n")
    readbuffer=temp.pop( )

    for line in temp:
        line=string.rstrip(line)
        line=string.split(line)
        if(line[0]=="PING"):
            s.send("PONG %s\r\n" % line[1])