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=head1 NAME
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README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic).
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If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be
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here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X).
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When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean pre-Mac OS X, which includes
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Mac OS 7, 8, and 9.
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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The perl 5.6.1 source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional
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pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl will be
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able to, in the future, keep in closer sync with regular perl releases.
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At this time, though, it is very buggy, and is under development. An
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alpha release is coming very soon.
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To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition
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of the "macos" subdirectory, distributed separately. It includes extra
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source files, config files, and make files. It also includes a lot of
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extra Mac-specific modules.
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To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the "macperl"
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directory, which includes the source files for creating the
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application itself.
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All of this is also available from the SourceForge site, via
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HTTP, FTP, and anonymous CVS.
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http://macperl.sourceforge.net/
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You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely
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available. These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site
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for all things having to do with MacPerl development.
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MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is available on the CPAN and on SourceForge. It
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is based on perl 5.004.
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=head1 AUTHOR
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perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher
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E<lt>[email protected]<gt>. It is currently maintained by Chris
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Nandor E<lt>[email protected]<gt>.
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=head1 DATE
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Last modified 2001.04.05.
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