Is there now, or will there be in the future, any way to call C/C++ library routines from within Parrot? For example, a mysql, pcre or libcurl library. Either static or dynamic.
C yes. C shares objects are dynamically loadable by Parrot. C++? Not directly, you'll need to wrap any C++ APIs in "extern C" stubs to get at them from Parrot and make sure you stuff any object pointers into a PMC. It has been done, an example is the C++ Qt Toolkit.
-Melvin
