On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Matt Sergeant wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Stas Bekman wrote:
>
> > There have been a lot of interesting development around Inline::
> > namespace. Especially at the recent YAPC::NA (which I've skipped, but read
> > the logs from those who were there).
> >
> > Especially interesting are the threads about new Inline::XS, see:
> > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
> > threads starting with: "Inline::XS" and "Inline::XS explained"
> >
> > I was wondering how all this projects onto mod_perl core and 3rd party
> > modules. I'm not sure about the core, since Doug is an XS god, but
> > endorsing the use of Inline for 3rd party modules where performance is
> > crucial and the author doesn't have the XS-hard-to-acquire-skills sounds
> > like a great idea.
>
> Except that until Inline is included in core, it won't be a widely used
> way to build performant code, IMHO.
That's true. That's one of the reasons SWIG never made it into CPAN
modules.
> That, and XS really isn't that
> hard. Like anything, it takes a bit of learning (as did mod_perl when I
> started using it!), and there could do to be a good book on it.
Simon Cozens is working on 'Perl 5 Internals' book. I'm looking forward to
put my hands on it. (search the google for 'perl 5 internals').
> I personally don't buy the benefits of Inline.pm yet. The whole
> "tweak, run" thing that Brian advocates isn't sold on me, because
> that's exactly what I do, only it's "tweak, make test"...
:)
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