My Perl Wishlist: Invariant Sigils (Part 1)
Oct 27, 2019 by Christopher White
The change I would most like to see in Perl 5, and why it might not happen
The road to a 55x speedup with XS
Jun 14, 2016 by David Farrell
The power of C with the pleasure of Perl
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Why Not Translate Perl to C?
Jun 27, 2001 by Mark-Jason Dominus
Why translating Perl to C often doesn’t create faster programs
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Pathologically Polluting Perl
Feb 6, 2001 by Ingy döt Net
Pathologically Polluting Perl Table of Contents Inline in Action - Simple examples in C Hello, world Just Another ____ Hacker What about XS and SWIG? One-Liners Supported Platforms for C The Inline Syntax Fine Dining - A Glimpse at the…
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Topaz: Perl for the 22nd Century
Sep 28, 1999 by Chip Salzenberg
Introduction One of the more interesting talks at the O’Reilly 1999 Open Source Convention was by Chip Salzenberg, one of the core developers of Perl. He described his work on Topaz, a new effort to completely re-write the internals…
