[prog] Perl meta data

ed orphan millward at Ms.UManitoba.CA
Fri Feb 7 10:26:42 EST 2003


I'm a C programmer and I'm rather baffled by Perl's meta data.
In C we have strict definitions for data. For example,
int for a simple non-decimal integer ( eg 5 )
 float for decimal numbers (eg 5.0991 ), char for characters,
etc. But in Perl there is this thing called a meta file or meta data.
Can anyone explain this concept to me? And how would I
convert this meta stuff to use in a C program?




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