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perl-DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
- Description:
The DynaLoader is designed to be a very simple high-level
interface that is sufficiently general to cover the requirements
of SunOS, HP-UX, NeXT, Linux, VMS and other platforms.
It is also hoped that the interface will cover the needs of OS/2, NT
etc and also allow pseudo-dynamic linking (using ld -A at runtime).
It must be stressed that the DynaLoader, by itself, is practically
useless for accessing non-Perl libraries because it provides almost no
Perl-to-C 'glue'. There is, for example, no mechanism for calling a C
library function or supplying arguments. A C::DynaLib module
is available from CPAN sites which performs that function for some
common system types. And since the year 2000, there's also Inline::C,
a module that allows you to write Perl subroutines in C. Also available
from your local CPAN site.
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