use Inline C => DATA => LIBS => `sdl-config --libs` => INC => `sdl-config --cflags`; my $fp = get_function_pointer(); print '[Perl] In perl we got :' . $fp . "\n"; print '[Perl] Making Thread.'; make_thread( get_function_pointer(), 'I AM THE OVERLOARD XENU!!!' ); __END__ __C__ #include #include char DoIt(char* c){ int threadID = SDL_ThreadID(); printf("[C-Thread] we are in %d \n", &threadID); printf("[C-Thread] Called with %s \n", c); return c; } int get_function_pointer() { printf("[C] Function Pointer is at %d!\n", &DoIt); return PTR2IV(&DoIt); } int make_thread(IV pointer, char* c) { void * fp = INT2PTR( void *, pointer); void * data = c; SDL_CreateThread( fp, data ); printf("[C] Created thread: \n"); }