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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. | |
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| 5 | =head1 NAME | |
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| de2902a6 | 7 | perlmacos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) |
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9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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11 | For Mac OS X see README.macosx |
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| 13 | Perl under Mac OS Classic has not been supported since before Perl 5.10 | |
| 14 | (April 2004). | |
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16 | When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not> |
| 17 | Mac OS X. | |
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19 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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| c22d4cd0 | 21 | The port of Perl to to Mac OS was officially removed as of Perl 5.12, |
| f858446f | 22 | though the last official production release of MacPerl corresponded to |
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23 | Perl 5.6. While Perl 5.10 included the port to Mac OS, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, |
| 24 | a core part of Perl's module installation infrastructure officially dropped support for Mac OS in April 2004. | |
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26 | =head1 AUTHOR |
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| 9b34ea9a | 28 | Perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher |
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29 | E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. Chris Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt> |
| 30 | continued development and maintenance for the duration of the port's life. |