user bikeNomad I'm more or less an ex-Perl user now. I lead the open source [http://www.squeak.org|Squeak] project, and typically use Ruby where I used to use Perl.<p> I would like to find a new maintainer for [cpan://Archive::Zip] because I really don't have the time or memory for Perl to do a good job on it.<p> I'm the author and maintainer of [cpan://Archive::Zip] and I wrote but no longer maintain the new version of [cpan://Algorithm::Diff].<p> Toby Everett and I wrote [cpan://Class::Prototyped], which is an interesting <i>Grand Unified Theory</i> for Perl, merging protototype-based (Self-like) and class-based programming with such wonders as auto-delegation and a nice reflection system that makes it easy to do things like manipulate the inheritance structure, override subroutines privately, etc.<p> My Perl web page is [http://bike-nomad.com/perl].<p> Probably my only other connection to the Perl community is that [merlyn] got me to [http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/Pictures/00-08-VikingKaraoke/?start=41&end=60|sing karaoke] one night at the Viking Lounge... <!-- location:latitude=48.14.38,longitude=-122.20.48 --> <!-- os:Linux,NT --> <!-- birthday:1956/01/02 --> <!-- email:ned@bike-nomad.com --> 2005-12-04 01:07:06 4065 358710 images/userincoming/bikeNomad.jpeg 507 Stanwood, WA, USA -7 on