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- From: neeri@iis.ethz.ch (Matthias Neeracher)
- Subject: Macintosh (MPW) Perl: New Release, New Site
- Message-ID: <NEERI.92Dec21121642@iis.ethz.ch>
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- Organization: Integrated Systems Laboratory, ETH, Zurich
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:16:42 GMT
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-
- Version 4.0.5 of the MPW C incarnation of Perl for the Apple Macintosh is
- now available. Since the last widely announced release, the following was
- added:
-
- - Upgraded to Unix Patchlevel 35
- - Socket support
- - Gdbm support
- - Lots of smaller fixes
-
- Perl is now available at the following site:
-
- Host: nic.switch.ch [130.59.1.40]
- Path: software/mac/src/mpw_c/Mac_Perl_405_{appl,tool,src}.sit.bin
-
- Mac_Perl_405_tool.sit.bin contains an MPW Tool.
- Mac_Perl_405_appl.sit.bin contains a standalone application. If you don't
- have (or don't even know) MPW, you need this.
- Mac_Perl_405_src.sit.bin contains the MPW C sources.
-
- The archives are stored as MacBinary II files in StuffIt 3.x format. You can
- unpack StuffIt archives with StuffIt Expander, which can be downloaded as
- software/mac/src/decompression/stuffit-expander-101.hqx. I wish I could give
- more precise instructions to help you transferring the files safely to your
- Mac, but there is a wide variety of configurations out there. If you have
- problems, ask me.
-
- System Requirements
-
- Perl really likes MPW. The standalone version is not much use yet. Some of the
- really cool features require MPW ToolServer, System 7, and enough RAM (Notably
- stuff like `CFront MacApp.cp` or open(XXX, "Help Commands |"))
- Some of the files barely compile with 5 megabytes of RAM.
-
- Changing the source
-
- To work with the source, you need MPW 3.2 or later. If you want to make changes
- to the perly.y file, you also need bison or yacc. The current version of Perl
- needs to be linked with gdbm (database routines) and GUSI (socket routines),
- which can be found in the same directory as Perl.
-
- Matthias
-
- -----
- Matthias Neeracher neeri@iis.ethz.ch
- "I came to the conclusion that sex is a sublimation
- of the work instinct" -- David Lodge, _Small World_
-