On the face of it, no, Perl is not for you.

Perl is compiled into an intermediate code which is then interpreted. If Java and Python are too slow for you, I doubt you'll find Perl to your taste.

I can testify to the ability to write C functions which are callable from Perl see Inline. There is something of a learning curve here: first you need to learn some Perl, then learn a bit about how its insides work, then get to grips with the API for those insides, ... I haven't tried it, but inline Assembler inside the C should work.

(Inline::ASM exists, but: is marked Experimental; is version 0.03; is dated 2001; and has the following WARNING: "Do NOT use assembler to write Perl extensions! It's sick and wrong!" -- which suggests to me that this may not be the way to go.)

That said, depending on why you have fallen for CPAN, there might be mileage in using Perl as a framework in which you use your existing C code ?

In reply to Re: Is Perl right for me? by gone2015
in thread Is Perl right for me? by RobinV

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