| | 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 Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not> |
| | 17 | Mac OS X. |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | The latest perl 5.6 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 | To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition |
| | 27 | of the F<macos> subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra |
| | 28 | source files, config files, and make files. It also includes extra |
| | 29 | Mac-specific modules. |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the F<macperl> |
| | 32 | directory, which includes the source files for creating the |
| | 33 | application itself. |
| | 34 | |
| | 35 | All of this is available from the development site, via |
| | 36 | HTTP (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source |
| | 37 | and binaries) and anonymous CVS. |
| | 38 | |
| | 39 | http://dev.macperl.org/ |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | The source is also in the main perl repository in the maint-5.6/macperl |
| | 42 | branch. |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely |
| | 45 | available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site |
| | 46 | for all things having to do with MacPerl development. |
| | 47 | |
| | 48 | MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040 |
| | 49 | and PowerPC architectures. The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS 7.5.5 |
| | 50 | and 68030 computers. |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It |
| | 53 | is based on perl 5.004. |
| | 54 | |
| | 55 | |
| | 56 | =head1 AUTHOR |
| | 57 | |
| | 58 | perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher |
| | 59 | E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris |
| | 60 | Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>. |
| | 61 | |
| | 62 | |
| | 63 | =head1 DATE |
| | 64 | |
| | 65 | Last modified 2002.02.28. |
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