Inline-CPR - README

INTRODUCTION

CPR - C Perl Run

A Perl interpreter 'embedded' in your C? A C interpreter using Perl?
A new API for the Perl5 internals?

Welcome to the wacky world of CPR!

To take a test drive, just put a CPR hashbang at the top of your C program and run it like a Perl script.

Here is an example:

#!/usr/bin/cpr

/* hello.cpr - Just say "Hello" */

int main(void) {

        printf("Hello, world\n");
        return 0;

}

Or (if your chitty hashbang is out for repairs) just run:

cpr hello.cpr

After a few seconds, your CPR program will greet the Earth in the standard fashion. Run it again for a faster response.

FEATURES:

Inline::CPR version 0.12 is a minor release:

+ Made compatible with Inline 0.41

INSTALLATION:

This module requires Inline.pm version 0.30 or higher, and the appropriate C compiler. (Where appropriate means the one referred to in your Config.pm)

To install Inline::CPR do this:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

(On ActivePerl for MSWin32, use nmake instead of make.)

This will not only install Inline::CPR, but will also install a binary program: 'cpr'. This is the CPR interpreter. Inline::CPR is just a support module for the CPR interpreter. (You don't actually use it directly.)

The installation process will also generate a sample CPR program:

./examples/synopsis.cpr

You have to 'make install' before you can run it successfully.

INFORMATION:

For more information on CPR, see 'perldoc Inline::CPR'.
For information about Inline.pm, see 'perldoc Inline'.
For information about the Perl5 internal C API, see 'perldoc perlapi' or try http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlapi.html

The CPR mailing list is inline@perl.org. Send mail to inline-subscribe@perl.org to subscribe.

Please send questions and comments to "Brian Ingerson" <INGY@cpan.org>