Sad to hear the PERL version will not be continued. Sad may be not the right word for this situation... I started to learn PERL because of this forum, because of w3t. I bought books, spent nights to understand the code, make smaller changes and implement existing hacks from other users. My forum has got a lot of modifications, too. And I don't want to think about the time I need to switch over to PHP []/testimages/icons/frown.gif[/]. It may take me several months to complete this task, because I'm not familiar with PHP and I'm only able to do it in my free time.
And after all the effort it takes, the result will not be seen from the user. It's just the same forum as before, nothing has changed. All this only to keep up with the future features? Unwillingly...
PS: Anybody interested in a very good PERL-book (german, addison-wesley)?