How has support for embedding Perl in C changed across recent Perl versions?

Over recent Perl versions, the support for embedding Perl in C has evolved significantly, enabling developers to integrate Perl's powerful scripting capabilities into C applications more seamlessly. This change has included improvements in the API, making it easier to manage Perl interpreters, and enhancements to the documentation for embedding Perl.
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#include "EXTERN.h" #include "perl.h" #include "XSUB.h" int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env) { PerlInterpreter *my_perl; char *my_argv[] = { "", 0 }; char *my_env[] = { nullptr }; // Initialize the Perl interpreter perl_construct(my_perl); perl_parse(my_perl, NULL, 1, my_argv, my_env); perl_run(my_perl); // Execute Perl code perl_eval_pv("print 'Hello from embedded Perl!\\n';", TRUE); // Clean up perl_destruct(my_perl); perl_free(my_perl); return 0; }

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