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1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. |
2 | It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially |
3 | designed to be readable as is. |
4 | |
5 | =head1 NAME |
6 | |
7 | README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
11 | |
12 | This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic). |
13 | If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be |
14 | here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X). |
15 | |
16 | When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean pre-Mac OS X, which includes |
17 | Mac OS 7, 8, and 9. |
18 | |
19 | |
20 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
21 | |
22 | The perl 5.6.1 source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional |
23 | pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl will be |
24 | able to, in the future, keep in closer sync with regular perl releases. |
25 | |
26 | At this time, though, it is very buggy, and is under development. An |
27 | alpha release is coming very soon. |
28 | |
29 | To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition |
30 | of the "macos" subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra |
31 | source files, config files, and make files. It also includes a lot of |
32 | extra Mac-specific modules. |
33 | |
34 | To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the "macperl" |
35 | directory, which includes the source files for creating the |
36 | application itself. |
37 | |
38 | All of this is also available from the SourceForge site, via |
39 | HTTP, FTP, and anonymous CVS. |
40 | |
41 | http://macperl.sourceforge.net/ |
42 | |
43 | You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely |
44 | available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site |
45 | for all things having to do with MacPerl development. |
46 | |
47 | MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is available on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It |
48 | is based on perl 5.004. |
49 | |
50 | |
51 | =head1 AUTHOR |
52 | |
53 | perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher |
54 | E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris |
55 | Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>. |
56 | |
57 | |
58 | =head1 DATE |
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60 | Last modified 2001.04.05. |