gistfile1.py

s = __import__("socket").socket()
s.connect(("irc.freenode.net", 6667))
s.send("NICK __import__\r\n")
s.send("USER __import__ irc.freenode.net bla :__import__\r\n")
readbuffer = ""
while True:
    readbuffer += s.recv(1024)
    temp = readbuffer.split("\n")
    readbuffer = temp.pop()
    for line in temp:
        line = line.strip().split()
        if(line[0]=="PING"):
            s.send("PONG %s\r\n" % line[1])