title: Can I embed Strawberry Perl in a VC++ 6.0 compiled application or use Inline::C with the compiler mismatch?
body: <p>I am looking at embedding perl 5.10 in a large C++ application compiled with VC++ 6.0.  This leads to two questions.</p>
  
  <p>1) Is it a bad idea to simply use Strawberry Perl as a dependency rather than compile my own perl with VC++ 6.0?  Would Strawberry even work given the compiler mismatch?  I presume Strawberry is compiled with mingw.  I would much rather not have to keep my own custom perl build around.</p>
  
  <p>2) If I went the Strawberry route, would something like Inline::C work in the embedded application?  You'd have VC++ 6.0 code calling mingw compiled Strawberry in turn calling user mingw compiled code.  Inline::C would be an awesome capability for what I'm trying to achieve with the embedded perl interpreter.</p>