I've come to appreciate Win32::API for the fact that I can call any function in any reachable DLL without needing to bother with Inline, XS, a C compiler or anything like that. I'm wondering if an equivalent exists for Unix or if it would be possible to create one. Granted, on my Unix systems I, like most people, have a C compiler, but I feel like it would reduce debugging cycle time and make distribution easier if I could not depend on it. So my questions are:

  1. Does it already exist?
  2. If not, could it be written?
  3. If #2 is yes, approximately how might it work?
  4. If #2 is no, why not?

Cheers

In reply to Win32::API equivalent for Unix by Errto

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