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PPPPEEEERRRRLLLLAAAAPPPPIIII((((1111)))) UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX SSSSyyyysssstttteeeemmmm VVVV ((((RRRReeeelllleeeeaaaasssseeee 0000....0000 PPPPaaaattttcccchhhhlllleeeevvvveeeellll 00000000)))) PPPPEEEERRRRLLLLAAAAPPPPIIII((((1111))))
NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
perlapi - Perl 5 application programming interface for C
extensions
DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
IIIInnnnttttrrrroooodddduuuuccccttttiiiioooonnnn
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.
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