#include <EXTERN.h>
#include <perl.h>

/* we'll do this until 5.004 final */
#include "patchlevel.h"
#if (PATCHLEVEL < 4) && (SUBVERSION < 98)
#include "perl_eval_pv.c"
#endif

static PerlInterpreter *my_perl;

main (int argc, char **argv, char **env)
{
    char *embedding[] = { "", "-e", "0" };

    my_perl = perl_alloc();
    perl_construct( my_perl );

    perl_parse(my_perl, NULL, 3, embedding, NULL);
    perl_run(my_perl);

    /** Treat $a as an integer **/
    perl_eval_pv("$a = 3; $a **= 2", TRUE);
    printf("a = %d\n", SvIV(perl_get_sv("a", FALSE)));

    /** Treat $a as a float **/
    perl_eval_pv("$a = 3.14; $a **= 2", TRUE);
    printf("a = %f\n", SvNV(perl_get_sv("a", FALSE)));

    /** Treat $a as a string **/
    perl_eval_pv("$a = 'rekcaH lreP rehtonA tsuJ'; $a = reverse($a);", TRUE);
    printf("a = %s\n", SvPV(perl_get_sv("a", FALSE), na));

    perl_destruct(my_perl);
    perl_free(my_perl);
}