Extending and Embedding Perl By Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens

"...the 'spell book' you need to protect and guide yourself through the deepest depths of Perl's internals and XS which can be like black magic." --Graham Barr Author of the libnet package

Greenwich, Connecticut, July 2002 -- Extending and Embedding Perl explains how to expand the functionality and usefulness of the Perl programming language and how to use Perl from C programs. It is the only book available with in-depth coverage of interfacing Perl and C.

Extending and Embedding Perl discusses how to write interfaces to C libraries (as well as C++ and Fortran libraries). It shows how to implement Perl callbacks for C libraries, how to pass Perl hashes and arrays between Perl and C, and how to use the Perl Data Language infrastructure to improve the speed of array operations. It covers simple as well as complex issues using real code examples from the Perl source.

Additionally, this book peers under the hood to see how the Perl programming language really works by looking at the interpreter. The make-up of Perl variables is discussed along with details on how a Perl program is parsed and converted to executable code.

What's Inside -

• C for the Perl programmer
• Basic and advanced XS
• Embedding Perl in C programs
• Perl internals
• An API reference for the internal C interface to Perl
• A reference on the typemap system
• Embedding Perl into the mutt mail reader

About the Authors - A Perl developer for 7 years, Tim Jenness has ten modules on CPAN including two that are distributed as part of the core Perl distribution (File::Temp and Pod::LateX). Simon Cozens, the author of Beginning Perl, was the release manager for the first four releases of the Perl 6 runtime engine, Parrot.

About Manning Publications Co. - Manning Publications Co. is a respected, growing computer book publisher with a reputation for clear writing and high quality technical content. For each of its books Manning makes available to its readers an online discussion forum where they can pose questions to the author. To get access to the authors of Extending and Embedding Perl, go to www.manning.com/jenness. Here you will also find the book's table of contents, sample chapters, source code and other content. Extending and Embedding Perl will be available in retail stores in early August 2002. Extending and Embedding Perl joins other notable Perl titles from Manning including Object Oriented Perl, Data Munging with Perl, Web Development with Apache and Perl, Graphics Programming with Perl, and Elements of Programming with Perl. Extending and Embedding Perl By Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens ISBN 1930110-820 July 2002, Softbound, 384 pages, $44.95 Ebook Edition 2 Mb, PDF, $13.50. Available from the publisher at http://www.manning.com/jenness.