Hi-
I'm very experienced with perl, and have studied AI as a hobby for many years. A few months ago, I tried your module (with much success) but I did notice that speed was an issue, as you stated. Code optimization is a strength of mine, and I'd like to offer my assistance. I'm looking for a way to give back to the perl community, and this sounds like it'd be a lot of fun.
I already made a number of good mods to the code, but I'll have to dig them up, since I haven't touched it in several weeks.
Thanks,
Jaime
PS - I tried to e-mail you a few weeks ago, using your address listed on cpan, but it didn't go through.