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  JPERL Beta

  PERL Access routines in Java

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  Copyright (c) 1998, S Balamurugan, Texas Instruments India.
  All Rights Reserved.
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  Permission to  use, copy, modify, and  distribute this  software and
  its documentation for  NON-COMMERCIAL  purposes and without fee   is
  hereby granted provided that  this  copyright notice appears  in all
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  and licensing information.

  BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
  FOR  THE PROGRAM.  THE   PROGRAM IS  PROVIDED ON   AN "AS  IS" BASIS
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  INCLUDING,  BUT   NOT   LIMITED  TO,   THE  IMPLIED   WARRANTIES  OF
  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE AUTHOR OR
  TEXAS INSTRUMENTS  SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR  ANY  DAMAGES SUFFERED BY
  LICENSEE AS  A RESULT   OF  USING, MODIFYING OR   DISTRIBUTING  THIS
  SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.

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  The package contains the following directories
      cpp/       (directory containing cpp interface to perl)
      java/      (directory containing java interface to perl)
      bin/       (includes solaris version of libperl.so and jp.class)
      c_examples (example c program accessing PERL
      j_examples (example java program accessing PERL)


  if you are planning to use PERL in JAVA, read README_java. 

  if you are planning to use PERL in C, read README_c. Yeah, there are
  Perl APIs which let you do this, but you need to know a lot of function
  and macros to use the APIs. Besides stack manipulation, argument ordering,
  ... are a problem. The cpp/ directory includes a simple and easy to use
  interface. Just four function calls and you are set to go ...
 
  The directories contain compile_<x> scripts that tell you how
  to compile the example code and java native interface. A pre-compiled
  solaris library is also available under bin/
  
  You need JDK 1.1.4, g++, Perl 5.002 or higher.

  Support :

  You can send me your bug reports, future enhancements etc., at 
  [email protected]. Or better still, make the enhancements and send me a 
  copy. Support is not guaranteed though!

  Author : S Balamurugan, Texas Instruments India.

  Date   : 20/04/1998