This is the readme file for bio_lib.pl subroutine library. (L) CopyLEFT notice. bio_lib.pl is a file which contains various subroutines made by jong and others. It is free, freely copiable, modifiable, distributable, claimable that you wrote them after you change one single line(all codes originated by jong other codes given by others will bear copyright notice if they have instructed me to do so). I mean it is a real public like oxygen, I would not claim a puff of air is mine as it has been though my body and brain, and went through chemical reaction in my blood. As far as I am concerned accumulated knowledge of humans is like air. It is not a registered or publically announced perl module for standard coding for Biologists and Computer scientists in Bioinformatics field. It is just a lib where you may fish something useful as that was what I did for long from others. When I organize these subs later or any people can formulate a good standard for object oriented Bioperl module, I will change these into the more standard form if it really helps more people reuse perl routines developed in your field. Comments and your codes to jong@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk I will continuously collect any subroutines you send me to this. http://www.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk/cpe/jong/perl_for_bio.htm ftp://ftp.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk/pub/jong/perl/ as bio_lib.pl