The Perl Commodity Grid Toolkit 

Overview :

This paper describes a Perl implementation of a Commodity
Grid Toolkit ( Cog Kit ). The paper explains why such kits
are needed and why a Perl implementation is necessary.

Review :

Having seen presentations on this excellent project, this
paper does not seem to do it justice. Basically the paper is too
short to adequately explain the various components and the design
decisions. Perl is probably the most widely used scripting language
and is absolutely appropriate for system level tasks. The marriage to
Grid technologies is natural. Some of the advanced features of Perl5
could be explained better ( where appropriate ) that show why it's
a stable yet modern scripting language. A more in-depth explanation
of the Perl CoG Kit models is necessary.

Module creation is discussed. A utility to convert 'C' headers to
stubs is currently being used. As mentioned in the future plans,
a move to SWIG is planned. This is a wise decision.

Basically, this is an excellent project and a Perl implementation
is extremely attractive. The paper just needs to go into a bit more
depth on the details.

Recommendation :

Publish with modifications.