] DATE: Early February, 1996
]
] LOCATION: Cambridge, England, in the conference room of
] the largest DNA sequencing center in Europe.
]
] OCCASION: A high level meeting between the computer
] scientists of this center and the largest DNA sequencing
] center in the United States.
]
] THE PROBLEM: Although the two centers use almost
] identical laboratory techniques, almost identical
] databases, and almost identical data analysis tools, they
] still can't interchange data or meaningfully compare
] results.
]
] THE SOLUTION: Perl.