$ cat ./perlportable.c
#include <EXTERN.h>
#include <perl.h>

        /* we're going to embed two interpreters */

        #define SAY_HELLO "-e", "$string = $^X; $string =~ s/.*\///; $newstring = $^X ; $newstring =~ s/$string//; print $newstring;"
        int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
        {
            PerlInterpreter *one_perl;
            char *one_args[] = { "one_perl", SAY_HELLO };
            PERL_SYS_INIT3(&argc,&argv,&env);
            one_perl = perl_alloc();
            PERL_SET_CONTEXT(one_perl);
            perl_construct(one_perl);
            perl_parse(one_perl, NULL, 3, one_args, (char **)NULL);
            perl_run(one_perl);
            perl_destruct(one_perl);
            perl_free(one_perl);
            PERL_SYS_TERM();
        }

$ gcc libperl.a perlportable.c -Wl,-E  -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib  -L/home/zorin-os/UPM/perl5.26/lib/5.26.0/x86_64-linux/CORE -lperl -lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
 -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I/home/zorin-os/UPM/perl5.26/lib/5.26.0/x86_64-linux/CORE 
perlportable.c:1:20: fatal error: EXTERN.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
bash: line 1: -fwrapv: command not found

$ ./a.out
syntax error at -e line 1, near "/;"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.