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- It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
- designed to be readable as is.
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- README.macos - 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).
-
- When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not>
- Mac OS X.
-
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- 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 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 F<macperl>
- directory, which includes the source files for creating the
- application itself.
-
- 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/
-
- 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 5.6.1 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
-
- 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 2002.05.02.
-