----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <inline@perl.org> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:59 AM Subject: Perl6 and Inline::C
> After many years of writing Perl I > only recently discovered the power of > Inline::C. Wow, what an incredibly powerful > module. Thanks so much to Brian Ingerson and > any others for making it available. Agreed. Inline::C is imho Brian's most important/significant/useful/valuable contribution to Perl. Unfortunately, I get the impression that he does not share that opinion, and that he is allowing Inline::C to languish a little. > With Perl6 > on the horizon, though, I'm a bit concerned > about making sure that current code can be > ported to Perl6 as easily as possible. Are > there any documents I should read regarding > the availibility of Inline::C for Perl6 and > hwo to best use it? I've been wondering much the same - and I look forward to seeing some informed responses on the matter. As I understand it, there is no XS with Perl6. Since Inline::C simply auto-generates XS code (and then compiles and runs the code), I guess the corrollary to that is that Inline::C has no place in Perl6. I assume, however, that there is some (C based) way of extending Perl6 ... and I hope that Inline::C can be readily adapted to the role of providing that extension. Now, for some informed responses ......... anyone ? Cheers, Rob
