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I would like to write a perl program as a prototype for a program which will
eventually be written in C, would this alter how I write the Perl prototype?
In what ways? What features of Perl should I use to ease the process?

Thanks a lot

Actually, I plan to write the program in pure C eventually.

BTW, is there any feature of Perl that can effectively be employed for the
purpose of prototyping a pure C program in particular?

Thanks in advance.


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> Sandy () wrote on MMMDXCIX September MCMXCIII in
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> .. I would like to write a perl program as a prototype for a program
which will
> .. eventually be written in C, would this alter how I write the Perl
prototype?
> .. In what ways? What features of Perl should I use to ease the process?
>
>
> It depends on the purpose of your prototype. It's a bad idea to prototype
> in Perl if you want to get an impression of the speed or memory usage of
> the program. If you want to prototype a user interface, the implementation
> hardly matters. What also matter is whether the resulting program will
> be written entirely in pure C, C calling Perl, or Perl calling C.
>
>
>
> Abigail
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"Sandy" <> writes:

> Thanks a lot
>
> Actually, I plan to write the program in pure C eventually.
>
> BTW, is there any feature of Perl that can effectively be employed for the
> purpose of prototyping a pure C program in particular?

What do you hope to accomplish by building a prototype in Perl?

This is a serious question; if the goal is to deal with complex data
structures without having to worry about memory management, we'll give
different advice than if the goal is to make a perl fan in upper
management happy.

Charlton