---
name: "Inline::Support"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-inline"
version: "0.87-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Inline::Support"
---

# Inline::Support(3pm)

Support Information for Inline.pm and related modules.

## NAME

Inline-Support - Support Information for Inline.pm and related modules.

## DESCRIPTION

This document contains all of the latest support information for `"Inline.pm"` and the recognized Inline Language Support Modules (ILSMs) available on CPAN.

## SUPPORTED LANGUAGES

The most important language that Inline supports is `"C"`. That is because Perl itself is written in `"C"`. By giving a your Perl scripts access to `"C"`, you in effect give them access to the entire glorious internals of Perl. (Caveat scriptor :-)

As of this writing, Inline also supports:

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  C++

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  Java

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  Python

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  Tcl

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  Assembly

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  CPR

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  And even Inline::Foo! :)

Projects that I would most like to see happen in the year 2001 are:

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  Fortran

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  Ruby

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  Lisp

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  Guile

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  Bash

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  Perl4

## SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

`"Inline::C"` should work anywhere that CPAN extension modules (those that use XS) can be installed, using the typical install format of:

```
    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install
```

It has been tested on many Unix and Windows variants.

**NOTE**: `"Inline::C"` requires Perl 5.005 or higher because `"Parse::RecDescent"` requires it. (Something to do with the `"qr"` operator)

Inline has been successfully tested at one time or another on the following platforms:

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  Linux

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  Solaris

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  SunOS

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  HPUX

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  AIX

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  FreeBSD

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  OpenBSD

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  BeOS

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  OS X

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  WinNT

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  Win2K

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  WinME

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  Win98

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  Cygwin

The Microsoft tests deserve a little more explanation. I used the following:

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  Windows NT 4.0 (service pack 6)

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  Perl 5.005\_03 (ActiveState build 522)

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  MS Visual C++ 6.0

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  The "nmake" make utility (distributed w/ Visual C++)

`"Inline::C"` pulls all of its base configuration (including which `"make"` utility to use) from `"Config.pm"`. Since your MSWin32 version of Perl probably came from ActiveState (as a binary distribution) the `"Config.pm"` will indicate that `"nmake"` is the system's `"make"` utility. That is because ActiveState uses Visual C++ to compile Perl.

To install `"Inline.pm"` (or any other CPAN module) on MSWin32 w/ Visual C++, use these:

```
    perl Makefile.PL
    nmake
    nmake test
    nmake install
```

Inline has also been made to work with Mingw32/gcc on all Windows platforms. This is a free compiler for Windows. You must also use a perl built with that compiler.

The "Cygwin" test was done on a Windows 98 machine using the Cygwin Unix/Win32 porting layer software from Cygnus. The `"perl"` binary on this machine was also compiled using the Cygwin tool set (`"gcc"`). This software is freely available from \<http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/\>

If you get Inline to work on a new platform, please send me email email. If it doesn't work, let me know as well and I'll see what can be done.

## SEE ALSO

For general information about Inline see Inline.

For information about using Inline with C see Inline::C.

For sample programs using Inline with C see Inline::C-Cookbook.

For information on writing your own Inline Language Support Module, see Inline-API.

Inline's mailing list is inline@perl.org

To subscribe, send email to inline-subscribe@perl.org

## AUTHOR

ingy döt Net \<ingy@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2019. Ingy döt Net.

Copyright 2008, 2010, 2011. Sisyphus.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See \<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html\>