Actually, Subterfugue is in dire need of a new caretaker who'd maintain and enhance it. I have just been to the subterfugue.org and the author is saying that he's too buys to continue with its development. So, it might be a good idea to actually taking over and maintain a perl version of it (and let the Python version die?)

However, despite of how much I love coding Perl, it might not be the perfect language for writing "tricks" which demand greater pefromance (speed). Although, I assume this requirement may vary depending on type of particular application.

Cheers,

"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels." -- Confession of Faith