Topaz, the reimplementation of Perl in C++, is the topic of Chip Salzenberg's article posted on www.perl.com. Also included on the site is a RealAudio stream of Chip's talk about Topaz at The Perl Conference 3.0.
O'Reilly has also put up various materials and audio of keynote addresses (including Larry Wall's State of the Onion) from Perl Conference 3.0, and a link to purchase tapes of various sessions.
