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@@ -12,38 +12,45 @@ This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic).
 If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be
 here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X).
 
-When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean pre-Mac OS X, which includes
-Mac OS 7, 8, and 9.
+When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not>
+Mac OS X.
 
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-The perl 5.6.1 source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional
-pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl will be
-able to, in the future, keep in closer sync with regular perl releases.
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-At this time, though, it is very buggy, and is under development.  An
-alpha release is coming very soon.
+The latest perl source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional
+pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl is kept
+in close sync with regular perl releases.
 
 To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition
-of the "macos" subdirectory, distributed separately.  It includes extra
-source files, config files, and make files.  It also includes a lot of
-extra Mac-specific modules.
+of the F<macos> subdirectory, distributed separately.  It includes extra
+source files, config files, and make files.  It also includes extra
+Mac-specific modules.
 
-To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the "macperl"
+To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the F<macperl>
 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 (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source
+and binaries) and anonymous CVS.
+
+       http://dev.macperl.org/
 
-       http://macperl.sourceforge.net/
+The source is also in the main perl repository in the macperl
+branch (the 5.6 source is 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
 for all things having to do with MacPerl development.
 
-MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is available on the CPAN and on SourceForge.  It
-is based on perl 5.004.
+MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040
+and PowerPC architectures.  The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS 7.5.5
+and 68030 computers.
+
+MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge.  It
+is based on perl 5.004, and works with Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 computers.
+
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ 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>.
 
+
 =head1 DATE
 
-Last modified 2001.04.05.
+Last modified 2002.05.02.