Simple IRC Connection

[abort]

I need to connect C++ to a IRC Server, There are various sources around but there all big irc clients so i dont really understand it all.. Does anyone know of a tutorial for this? or could somebody give a working example, Any help would be greatly appreaciated, thanks.

[infamous]

read the irc protocol for starters, or try packet sniffing a session of irc so u can see what goes on.