On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 08:50:51PM +1000, Sisyphus wrote: > > 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 ? >
Currently parrot has some fairly cool stuff (nci I think it is called) for calling C functions. The cool thing is you do not need to compile anything in order to do it so no compiler is required. Not sure how they plan to make this available to perl6. > Cheers, > Rob > -- We exist to enthusiastically fashion mission-critical meta-services so that we may endeavor to professionally foster quality benefits to set us apart from the competition
