Have you tried it this year? In his three minute lightning talk in October last year[1] nine demo'd the small things I think you're talking about (calling Pyth

Have you tried it this year? In his three minute lightning talk in October last year[1] nine demo'd the small things I think you're talking about (calling Python code from within Perl 5 code from within Perl 6 code and using XS-based Perl 5 modules from CPAN). But that talk was merely a snapshot of his progress just a few hours after he began. If you read the examples in the README of Inline::Perl5 as it is today I think you'll see that it is already a lot more capable than you are thinking it is. [2] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Y-lvQP6jI&list=UU7PuZDAIVMyE7mgkZHunXGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Y-lvQP6jI&list=UU7PuZDAIVM... [2] https://github.com/niner/Inline-Perl5 https://github.com/niner/Inline-Perl5