in reply to XS problem

The answer hasn't changed much since yesterday.

Go read the tutorial and learn.

There is even a book on the subject, Extending and Embedding Perl

h2xs and tools like it are useful, but they're not a substitute for learning XS.

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
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