-=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.
-
-At this time, though, it is very buggy, and is under development. An
-alpha release is coming very soon.
-
-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.
-
-To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the "macperl"
-directory, which includes the source files for creating the
-application itself.
+When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not>
+Mac OS X.