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26d9b02f 1If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
2It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
3designed to be readable as is.
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5=head1 NAME
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7README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
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26d9b02f 9=head1 SYNOPSIS
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11This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic).
12If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be
13here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X).
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15When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean pre-Mac OS X, which includes
16Mac OS 7, 8, and 9.
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26d9b02f 18=head1 DESCRIPTION
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20The perl 5.6.1 source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional
21pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl will be
22able to, in the future, keep in closer sync with regular perl releases.
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24At this time, though, it is very buggy, and is under development. An
862b5365 25alpha release is available, with work progressing toward a beta.
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27To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition
28of the "macos" subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra
29source files, config files, and make files. It also includes a lot of
30extra Mac-specific modules.
31
32To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the "macperl"
33directory, which includes the source files for creating the
34application itself.
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862b5365 36All of this is available from the development site, via
37HTTP and anonymous CVS.
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862b5365 39 http://dev.macperl.org/
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41The source is also in the main perl repository in the maint-5.6/macperl
42branch.
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44You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely
45available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site
46for all things having to do with MacPerl development.
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48MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is available on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It
49is based on perl 5.004.
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26d9b02f 51=head1 AUTHOR
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53perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher
54E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris
55Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>.
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26d9b02f 57=head1 DATE
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862b5365 59Last modified 2001.07.19.