p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler

Compile Math::Symbolic trees to C

This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering facilities to compile symbolic math trees (formulas) to C code. It also uses Inline::C to compile and link the generated C code at run-time, thus allowing the user to do symbolic calculations in Perl with Math::Symbolic and then use the results in a fast numeric environment. This software generates code. Code generators are difficult to test, but the first release of the module is now 1.5 years old and I haven't received any bug reports, so I consider it somewhat stable now. Please read the manpage of Math::Symbolic::Compiler which comes with the Math::Symbolic distribution. Most of the gotchas involved with compiling the functions to Perl subroutines also apply to this module which compiles to C instead. Alternatively, you can use the module not for faster calculations from your Perl program, but to generate C code for you. I have used it to generate an implementation for (many!) Zernike Polynomials for work in C.