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   1  If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
   2  It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
   3  designed to be readable as is.
   4  
   5  =head1 NAME
   6  
   7  README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
   8  
   9  =head1 SYNOPSIS
  10  
  11  This document briefly describes perl under Mac OS (Classic).
  12  If you are running perl under Mac OS X, you don't want to be
  13  here (unless you are in the Classic environment under Mac OS X).
  14  
  15  When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not>
  16  Mac OS X.
  17  
  18  
  19  =head1 DESCRIPTION
  20  
  21  The latest perl source itself builds on Mac OS, with some additional
  22  pieces. Support for Mac OS is now in the perl core, and MacPerl is kept
  23  in close sync with regular perl releases.
  24  
  25  To build perl for Mac OS (as an MPW tool), you will need the addition
  26  of the F<macos> subdirectory, distributed separately.  It includes extra
  27  source files, config files, and make files.  It also includes extra
  28  Mac-specific modules.
  29  
  30  To build the MacPerl application, you will also need the F<macperl>
  31  directory, which includes the source files for creating the
  32  application itself.
  33  
  34  All of this is available from the development site, via
  35  HTTP (in the MacPerl Installer, which includes all the source
  36  and binaries) and anonymous CVS.
  37  
  38      http://dev.macperl.org/
  39  
  40  The source is also in the main perl repository in the macperl
  41  branch (the 5.6 source is in the maint-5.6/macperl branch).
  42  
  43  You will also need compilers and libraries, all of them freely
  44  available.  These are linked to from the SourceForge site. Go that site
  45  for all things having to do with MacPerl development.
  46  
  47  MacPerl 5.6.1 and later are supported on Mac OS 8.1 and later, for 68040
  48  and PowerPC architectures.  The MPW tool may be used on Mac OS 7.5.5
  49  and 68030 computers.
  50  
  51  MacPerl 5.2.0r4 is also available, on the CPAN and on SourceForge.  It
  52  is based on perl 5.004, and works with Mac OS 7.5.5 and 68030 computers.
  53  
  54  
  55  =head1 AUTHOR
  56  
  57  perl was ported to Mac OS by Matthias Neeracher
  58  E<lt>neeracher@mac.comE<gt>.  It is currently maintained by Chris
  59  Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt>.
  60  
  61  
  62  =head1 DATE
  63  
  64  Last modified 2002.05.02.