My Perl Wishlist: Invariant Sigils (Part 1)

Oct 27, 2019 by Christopher White

programming-languages

perl-internals

syntax

internals

compiler

perl-5

language

language-design

sigil

parser

parsing

perl-parsing

core

c

The change I would most like to see in Perl 5, and why it might not happen

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The road to a 55x speedup with XS

Jun 14, 2016 by David Farrell

development

xs

c

uri_encode_xs

uri_escape

percent_encoding

optimization

benchmark

The power of C with the pleasure of Perl

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Why Not Translate Perl to C?

Jun 27, 2001 by Mark-Jason Dominus

perl-internals

c

compile

c-and-perl

Why translating Perl to C often doesn’t create faster programs

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Pathologically Polluting Perl

Feb 6, 2001 by Ingy döt Net

perl-internals

c

cpr

inline

python

xs

c-and-perl

Pathologically Polluting Perl Table of Contents •Inline in Action - Simple examples in C •Hello, world •Just Another ____ Hacker •What about XS and SWIG? •One-Liners •Supported Platforms for C •The Inline Syntax •Fine Dining - A Glimpse at the…

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Topaz: Perl for the 22nd Century

Sep 28, 1999 by Chip Salzenberg

community

c

internals

systems-programming-languages

Introduction One of the more interesting talks at the O’Reilly 1999 Open Source Convention was by Chip Salzenberg, one of the core developers of Perl. He described his work on Topaz, a new effort to completely re-write the internals…

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