Perl interacting with C++

[nkuipers]

Hello all,

A friend of mine is very interested in Perl but does the bulk of his 
programming in C++.  He's currently writing a game, and he wants to be able to 
extract information from a (for example) QuakeII config file.  He knows enough 
of Perl to realize that it is ideal for that sort of thing.  Is there a way to 
have C++ sit on (talk to?) Perl or vice versa?  Could he shunt out from his 
C++ to a perl script that does it's thing and returns findings for use in the 
C++ program?  If so, where should I tell him to look for information?

Thanks.

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Nathanael