| If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see. |
| It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially |
| designed to be readable as is. |
| |
| =head1 NAME |
| |
| perlmacos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) |
| |
| =head1 SYNOPSIS |
| |
| For Mac OS X see README.macosx |
| |
| Perl under Mac OS Classic has not been supported since before Perl 5.10 |
| (April 2004). |
| |
| When we say "Mac OS" below, we mean Mac OS 7, 8, and 9, and I<not> |
| Mac OS X. |
| |
| =head1 DESCRIPTION |
| |
| 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>. Chris Nandor E<lt>pudge@pobox.comE<gt> |
| continued development and maintenance for the duration of the port's life. |
