> Name: Paul Cameron
> Email Address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > your homepage if you have one none > your preferred user-ID on CPAN PAULC > a short description of what you're planning to contribute attachable/detachable large (bounded by memory model, ie 2-4Gb) shared memory map between processes, tied vars using this shared memory, read/write locking on tied vars. conversion of shared memory to read-only compacted forms. can find no equivalent in CPAN that does exactly what this does.