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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 | |
59 | ||
60 | Last modified 2001.04.05. |