This is exactly what I LOVE about Perlmonks (the unoriginal ditto heads who hang out in the CB are what i hate). I am doing a little research on Plucene and I concur that the docs so sparse that their purpose seems to drive people away. I found myself stuck, so I come here and do a quick Super Search and voila!

Thanks for linking to the Simon Cozens article. It was a great help to me.