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 =head1 NAME
 
-README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+perlmacos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-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).
+For Mac OS X see README.macosx
 
-When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean pre-Mac OS X, which includes
-Mac OS 7, 8, and 9.
+Perl under Mac OS Classic has not been supported since before Perl 5.10
+(April 2004).
 
-=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 available, with work progressing toward a beta.
-
-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.
-
-All of this is available from the development site, via
-HTTP and anonymous CVS.
+When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not>
+Mac OS X.
 
-	http://dev.macperl.org/
-
-The source is also in the main perl repository 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.
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is available on the CPAN and on SourceForge.  It
-is based on perl 5.004.
+The port of Perl to to Mac OS was officially removed as of Perl 5.12,
+though the last official production release of MacPerl corresponded to 
+Perl 5.6. While Perl 5.10 included the port to Mac OS, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
+a core part of Perl's module installation infrastructure officially dropped support for Mac OS in April 2004.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-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 2001.07.19.
+Perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher
+E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>. Chris Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>
+continued development and maintenance for the duration of the port's life.