[ale] C programming tips

[Fletch]

>>>>> "Randy" == Randy Janinda <rjaninda at tqlabs.com> writes:

    Randy> Hello everyone, I've finally taken the time to learn C
    Randy> (atleast the basics). I have written a few small utilities
    Randy> and my first C socket code (woo hooo!).  I now need some
    Randy> resources to help me get a handle on string matching.  I
    Randy> come from Perl, where regex's rock and am looking for the
    Randy> some C equivalents to matching words, patterns, etc. So far
    Randy> I've found regcomp() and regexec() but no useful examples
    Randy> on how to use them.  Anyone have pointyers or resources
    Randy> they would like to share?

        Don't bother with C. :)


        Half serious there, but with Inline::C you can use perl for
all of the stuff that's easy in perl and easily incorporate C chunks
where it's necessary (raw speed bit twiddling, talking to hardware,
linking to other libraries).  I'll take


    use IO::Socket::INET ();
    my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerAddress => 'foo.bar.com',
                                      PeerPort    => 80, );


        over the 20-30 lines of C necessary to accomplish the same
thing any day.
 
                

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