Selena Sol wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > At the Perl conference one thing that came out is that Bioinformatics > > is heavily dependent on Perl. What if someone (Per?) came up with nice, > > solid, fast thread[able] modules for Blast & co? The firms doing > > genetics research might be willing to find it. > I think Lincoln Stein muight be a good person to involve in that > discussion. By the way, I learned Perl at the Electronic Frontier > Foundation but solidified my knowledge of it working for the Human > Genome Project. So I can confirm that Perl is crucial in > Bioinformatics. Conformation seconded ;-) You might want to look at www.bioperl.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucy McWilliam Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Flychip Tel: +44 (0)1223 765927 Department of Genetics Fax: +44 (0)1223 333992 University of Cambridge Mobile: 07939 476024 CB2 3EH WWW: www.bio.cam.ac.uk/~lejm3
