Re: Beware of modules.
On 15 Jan 1999, Marat Boshernitsan wrote:
Olivier Galibert <galibert(a)pobox.com> writes:
> May I hear technical arguments _for_ modules for a change ?
>
> OG.
Yes, here's one.
Perl can use shared libraries to load code that behaves transparently like
perl code. One benefit is that I can create a perl interface to already
existing C/C++/etc code. Another benefit is that I can decide to optimize
a perl package by re-writing it in C, and the interface doesn't change.
One XEmacs for example would be cc-mode with a lex/yacc backend that can
get the syntax right 100%. Or, show syntax errors in the code as its
being typed.
-Justin
vallon(a)mindspring.com