+If you are still reading this and you are itching to try out microperl:
+
+ make -f Makefile.micro
+
+The defaults assume a little endian LP32 platform - ie long and pointers are
+32 bits, so sizeof(long) and sizeof(void *) are 4
+If your platform is little endian LP64 - ie long and pointers are 64 bits,
+sizeof(long) and sizeof(void *) are 8, then you first need to run
+
+ make -f Makefile.micro regen_uconfig64
+
+to generate a suitable uconfig.h
+
+If you make changes to uconfig.sh, run
+
+ make -f Makefile.micro regen_uconfig
+
+to regenerate uconfig.h. (or regen_uconfig64 if you're editing uconfig64.sh)
+
+
+If neither of the above default configs work on your platform, you might want
+to try
+
+ make -f Makefile.micro patch_uconfig
+
+*before* the "make -f Makefile.micro". This tries to minimally patch
+the uconfig.sh using your *current* Perl so that your microperl has
+the correct basic types and sizes and byteorder.