Simple IRC bot in Golang

ircbot.go

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"net"
	"net/textproto"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
	"strings"
	"syscall"
)

func connect() net.Conn {
	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", "irc.freenode.net:6667")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return conn
}

func disconnect(conn net.Conn) {
	sendData(conn, "QUIT Bye")
	conn.Close()
}

func login(conn net.Conn) {
	sendData(conn, "USER TheManWithTheIceCreamVan 8 * :Someone")
	sendData(conn, "NICK TheManWithTheIceCreamVan")
}

func pong(conn net.Conn) {
	sendData(conn, "PONG")
}

func main() {

	conn := connect()

	c := make(chan os.Signal)
	signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
	go func() {
		<-c
		disconnect(conn)
	}()

	login(conn)

	tp := textproto.NewReader(bufio.NewReader(conn))

	for {
		status, err := tp.ReadLine()
		if err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}

		fmt.Println(status)

		if strings.HasPrefix(status, "PING") {
			pong(conn)
		}
	}
}

func sendData(conn net.Conn, message string) {
	fmt.Fprintf(conn, "%s\r\n", message)
}