[MacPerl] MacPerl 5.0.6r1m available

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

Right now at

ftp://err.ethz.ch/pub/neeri/MacPerl/
ftp://ftp.switch.ch/software/mac/perl/

and soon on many mirror sites. The source release and CGI update to follow
soon. 

This version for the first time offers an alternative packaging of the MacPerl
application suitable for transport on HD floppies.

REVISION HISTORY

5.0.6r1m 01Feb96
 - Redirecting STDIN would not work with <> [Jrgen Christoffel].
 - After the first script execution, STDOUT would become unbuffered 
   [Jeff Johnson].
 - Perl would crash when running two CGI scripts in sequence (actually
   a bug in the CGI glue) [Steve Goodwin].
 - localtime, gmtime, and related routines and libraries exhibited various
   problems [Peter Creath, Brad Cox, Dave Wodelet].
 - Fixed a memory leak in sort [Vicki Brown].
 - Performance in the background and for CGIs should be significantly improved.
 - Performance for reads in raw mode massively improved [Dick Karpinski].
 - Added a new interaction mode "Duplex" and tried to improve the documentation
   of interaction modes in MacPerl.FrontEnd with actual AppleEvent logs.
 - Implemented crypt(), which now makes MacPerl officially a munition.
 - Cleaned up balloon help texts.
 - "Check Syntax" now works analogously with "Run Script", i.e., both on the front
   window and on a Standard file dialog [Angus McIntyre]
 - The operations working on the "front window" have subtly redefined that term
   to exclude console windows. This allows one to run a script again even if the
        output window is in front [Anybody wanna take credit for that suggestion?].
 - New environment variable "MACPERL" contains the path of the folder containing
   the MacPerl application.
 - Added a few automatic and semiautomatic ways to launch Internet Config. Among
   other places, you now find IC in the Preferences dialog, and MacPerl suggests
        that you launch IC if the file helper is missing.

Matthias

-----
Matthias Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch> http://err.ethz.ch/members/neeri.html
 "Whenever I think of program maintenance, I conjure up a picture of the Great
  Dust Bowl of the 30's. We have seen thousands of stirring films on "How the
  West was Won" but who wants to see a film on "How the West was Make Liveable
  After It was Won"? There was one such film, Grapes of Wrath. Pretty
  depressing too. "     -----    Gerald M. Weinberg

North America

Florida 
    ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/
Illinois 
    ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/ 
Massachusetts 
    ftp://ftp.delphi.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/ 
Oklahoma 
    ftp://ftp.uoknor.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ports/mac/  
Texas 
    ftp://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ports/mac/  
    ftp://ftp.sterling.com/programming/languages/perl/ports/mac/  

Europe

Finland 
    ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/ 
France 
    ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
    ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/unix/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
Germany 
    ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/programming/languages/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
    ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/programming/languages/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
Great Britain 
    ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
The Netherlands 
    ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/ports/mac/  
Portugal 
    ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/lang/perl/ports/mac/  
Sweden 
    ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
Switzerland 
    ftp://ftp.switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ports/mac/  

Australasia

Australia 
    ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/perl/ports/mac/  
    ftp://ftp.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
New Zealand 
    ftp://ftp.tekotago.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  

Asia

Japan 
    ftp://ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp/lang/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  
Taiwan 
    ftp://dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/  

Africa

South Africa 
    ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/