XS (Perl)

XS is a Perl foreign function interface through which a program can call a C or C++ subroutine. XS or xsub is an abbreviation of "eXtendable Subroutine".

XS also refers to a glue language for specifying calling interfaces supporting such interfaces (see below).

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