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- PPPPEEEERRRRLLLLAAAAPPPPIIII((((1111)))) UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX SSSSyyyysssstttteeeemmmm VVVV ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 0000....0000 PPPPaaaattttcccchhhhlllleeeevvvveeeellll 00000000)))) PPPPEEEERRRRLLLLAAAAPPPPIIII((((1111))))
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- perlapi - Perl 5 application programming interface for C
- extensions
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- DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
- IIIInnnnttttrrrroooodddduuuuccccttttiiiioooonnnn
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- XS is a language used to create an extension interface
- between Perl and some C library which one wishes to use with
- Perl. The XS interface is combined with the library to
- create a new library which can be linked to Perl. An XXXXSSSSUUUUBBBB
- is a function in the XS language and is the core component
- of the Perl application interface.
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- The XS compiler is called xxxxssssuuuubbbbpppppppp. This compiler will embed
- the constructs necessary to let an XSUB, which is really a C
- function in disguise, manipulate Perl values and creates the
- glue necessary to let Perl access the XSUB. The compiler
- uses ttttyyyyppppeeeemmmmaaaappppssss to determine how to map C fun