Hi,

What I don't understand is why you want to load .pl files to have again one big chunk of code?

Have you read POE in detail, or are you just using PoCo::IRC? POE accept also object states and package states, which are for splitting the code into logical chunks, not just chunks.

I would really review the code and encapsulate as required in different modules. Then about you plugins, well as other said, take a look at PoCo::IRC itself, it has some pluggable system, maybe also POE::Component::Pluggable; Module::Pluggable once you split your code but still want to have a plugin system; and Bot::BasicBot::Pluggable which is not POE but still.

Regards,