README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic).
When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean pre-Mac OS X, which includes
Mac OS 7, 8, and 9.
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
The perl 5.6.1 source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional
able to, in the future, keep in closer sync with regular perl releases.
At this time, though, it is very buggy, and is under development. An
-alpha release is coming very soon.
+alpha release is available, with work progressing toward a beta.
To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition
of the "macos" subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra
directory, which includes the source files for creating the
application itself.
-All of this is also available from the SourceForge site, via
-HTTP, FTP, and anonymous CVS.
+All of this is available from the development site, via
+HTTP and anonymous CVS.
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+ http://dev.macperl.org/
- http://macperl.sourceforge.net/
+The source is also in the main perl repository in the maint-5.6/macperl
+branch.
You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely
available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site
MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is available on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It
is based on perl 5.004.
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=head1 AUTHOR
perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher
E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris
Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>.
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=head1 DATE
-Last modified 2001.04.05.
+Last modified 2001.07.19.