On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 14:10, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
> > Anuradha Ratnaweera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Just another quick, and possibly dumb, question: Is XS the standard way
> > > of binding Perl to a C/C++ library?
> >
> > If your question is "... of binding Parrot to a C/C++ library?", then
> > no. Parrot uses NCI (native call interface). S. library/* and
> > t/pmc/nci.t for examples.
>
> Thanks for the quick reply, and of course the warm welcome ;-)
>
> I think, I have to be carefully distinguish between Parrot and Perl 6,
> when asking questions. Sorry about the haziness.
Just make sure to deistinguish between perl 5 and perl 6. :)
> Let me break down the questions into more than one:
>
> 0. Is XS the standard way of binding Perl 5 to a C/C++?
Mostly, yes. The Inline::C folks occasionally disagree.
> 1. If answer to 0 is 'yes', will it be the same for Perl 6?
No.
> 2. If the ansewr to 0 or 1 is "no", will there be another standard in
> Perl 6?
Yes. Whatever we do for Parrot.
Dan
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