Re: Perl XS Beginners

I for one had to look up what XS is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XS_%28Perl%29

It is a an interface through which a program written
in the Perl <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl> programming language 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language> can call a C 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29> or C++ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B>
language subroutine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subroutine>.

I don't know enough about C or C++ to answer why a
'system' command or 'exec' command wouldn't do the
same thing.



Mike


On 12/13/2013 9:21 AM, Matthew Horsfall (alh) wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm trying to garner some interest in a Perl XS beginner/intermediate
> group/community.
>
> I was wondering if we could sort of "take over" this list, and by that
> I mean start using it and broadcasting it for XS beginners and up to
> ask questions, share knowledge, etc.
>
> Would that be an acceptable use of this list or should we start our own?
>
> Thank you,
>
> -- Matthew Horsfall (alh)
>