-=head2 S<Mac OS>
-
-Any module requiring XS compilation is right out for most people, because
-MacPerl is built using non-free (and non-cheap!) compilers. Some XS
-modules that can work with MacPerl are built and distributed in binary
-form on CPAN.
-
-Directories are specified as:
-
- volume:folder:file for absolute pathnames
- volume:folder: for absolute pathnames
- :folder:file for relative pathnames
- :folder: for relative pathnames
- :file for relative pathnames
- file for relative pathnames
-
-Files are stored in the directory in alphabetical order. Filenames are
-limited to 31 characters, and may include any character except for
-null and C<:>, which is reserved as the path separator.
-
-Instead of C<flock>, see C<FSpSetFLock> and C<FSpRstFLock> in the
-Mac::Files module, or C<chmod(0444, ...)> and C<chmod(0666, ...)>.
-
-In the MacPerl application, you can't run a program from the command line;
-programs that expect C<@ARGV> to be populated can be edited with something
-like the following, which brings up a dialog box asking for the command
-line arguments.
-
- if (!@ARGV) {
- @ARGV = split /\s+/, MacPerl::Ask('Arguments?');
- }
-
-A MacPerl script saved as a "droplet" will populate C<@ARGV> with the full
-pathnames of the files dropped onto the script.
-
-Mac users can run programs under a type of command line interface
-under MPW (Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, a free development
-environment from Apple). MacPerl was first introduced as an MPW
-tool, and MPW can be used like a shell:
-
- perl myscript.plx some arguments
-
-ToolServer is another app from Apple that provides access to MPW tools
-from MPW and the MacPerl app, which allows MacPerl programs to use
-C<system>, backticks, and piped C<open>.
-
-"S<Mac OS>" is the proper name for the operating system, but the value
-in C<$^O> is "MacOS". To determine architecture, version, or whether
-the application or MPW tool version is running, check:
-
- $is_app = $MacPerl::Version =~ /App/;
- $is_tool = $MacPerl::Version =~ /MPW/;
- ($version) = $MacPerl::Version =~ /^(\S+)/;
- $is_ppc = $MacPerl::Architecture eq 'MacPPC';
- $is_68k = $MacPerl::Architecture eq 'Mac68K';
-
-S<Mac OS X>, based on NeXT's OpenStep OS, runs MacPerl natively, under the
-"Classic" environment. There is no "Carbon" version of MacPerl to run
-under the primary Mac OS X environment. S<Mac OS X> and its Open Source
-version, Darwin, both run Unix perl natively.
-
-Also see:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-MacPerl Development, http://dev.macperl.org/ .
-
-=item *
-
-The MacPerl Pages, http://www.macperl.com/ .
-
-=item *
-
-The MacPerl mailing lists, http://lists.perl.org/ .
-
-=back
-