in reply to XS Modules - why and when?

Bod, surprisingly I don't seem to have a list of references on this topic yet. This looks like a good place to start:

See also:

Other cool references welcome.

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Re^2: XS Modules - why and when? (XS References)
by LanX (Saint) on Dec 05, 2023 at 02:25 UTC
    Great, the WP article is already detailing 5 common reasons: (emphasis added)

    > It may be desirable for a Perl program to invoke a C subroutine in order to handle very CPU or memory intensive tasks , to interface with hardware or low-level system facilities , or to make use of existing C subroutine libraries.

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    see Wikisyntax for the Monastery

Re^2: XS Modules - why and when? (XS References)
by Bod (Parson) on Dec 05, 2023 at 11:12 UTC
    surprisingly I don't seem to have a list of references on this topic yet

    Sorry to add to your workload!