L<perl> 5.8.
+A C compiler.
+This module may happen to build with a C++ compiler as well, but don't rely on it, as no guarantee is made about this.
+
L<Carp> (standard since perl 5), L<XSLoader> (standard since perl 5.006).
Copy tests need L<Tie::Array> (standard since perl 5.005) and L<Tie::Hash> (since 5.002).