Sorry, just noticed thats already been considered...
there is some info in zopebook 2.6 edition in the advanced scripting chapter:
http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/ScriptingZope.stx
where there are some links in this chapter where it mentions "activestate":
http://www.zope.org/Members/andym/wiki/FrontPage
http://downloads.activestate.com/Zope-Perl/
hth,
Josh