back in action / preSeq.pm

[Steven E. Brenner]

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Chris Dagdigian wrote:

> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Good to see everybody back in action on this list.
> 
> My makefiles for PreSeq and Parse work fine, the only thing I need to do is write some type of 
> robust shell script called 'configure' that will do some quick in-place editing on PreSeq.pm and 
> Parse.pm that will be able turn off/on the use of Parse.pm
> 
> Georg has metioned a bug in PreSeq and Steve C. has mentioned that he has made minor local 
> additions to his copy of Preseq. If both of you folks could email me your info, I will 
> incorporate the necessary changes into a new release.
> 
> Also- inside GI we have finally gotten around to replacing our numerous scripts that have been 
> lying around for Blast/Fasta search result parsing. We now have a really nice object oriented 
> Blast.pm module and the Fasta.pm will be done shortly. Both of these modules are quite 
> standalone, capable of firing up a local or networked search and returning all kinds of 
> different info raw or in various sorted ways. I was thinking that although these modules do not 
> quite fit into our schema, they might be quite useful to the individual researcher.
> 
> One problem that was totally glossed over at the OIB meeting is that a majority of researchers 
> out there do not have the support of bioinformatics groups containing dozens of computer 
> scientists. While perl might not scale to super-industrial bioinformatics applications, there is 
> a huge need for simple, robust tools that are useable by individuals. I really think that this 
> is one area where BioPerl can be of tremendous help. Any thoughts?
> 
> regards,
> Chris Dagdigian
> cdagdigian@genetics.com
> 
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