Inline::PERL - Bring the power of PERL programming to your Perl programs.

        use Inline::Files;
        use Inline PERL;

        greeting("PERL");

        __PERL__
        sub greeting {

            $foo = shift @_ || $_[0];

            $! = 1; # Turn buffering off

            for ($i=1, $i<=10, $i++) {
                @a[$i] = $i;
            }

            local $length = @a.length;

            print "Hello, $foo\n";
        }

Inline::PERL gives you the power of the PERL programming language from within your Perl programs. This gives you instant access to hundreds of pre-coded applications such as bulletin boards, hit counters and shopping carts.

PERL is a programming language for writing CGI applications. It's main strength is that it doesn't have any unnecessary warnings or strictures. It is a direct descendent of Perl, a programming language which was used mainly by programmers. However, the original language required too much reading and thinking and so PERL was developed as a language which was more in tune with the requirements of the Internet age.

This module is not meant to be serious. If you are interested in writing a genuine Inline add-in you should have a look at the Inline-API documentation and the Foo.pm example that come with Inline.

This module does work and it will allow you to include PERL code in your Perl program. To install this module you can follow the usual procedure with the exception that you should use Makefile.PERL instead of Makefile.PL.

        perl Makefile.PERL # Note!!
        make
        make test
        make install

John McNamara jmcnamara@cpan.org

My apologies to Brian Ingerson, the Inline community and, er, the PERL community.

© MMI, John McNamara.

All Rights Reserved. This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.