Hey Hans, this was just announced on comp.text.tex:
Name of contribution: PerlTeX Name and email: Scott Pakin <...> Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: LaTeX Project
Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex) and LaTeX2e style file (perlmacros) that, together, give the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's programmability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
So ... when are we going to have the same feature in ConTeXt? After all, we already need a wrapper script (texexec) to run it, right? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta