Re: [MacPerl] C compiler?

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

j.byrne@gcal.ac.uk (Jim Byrne) writes:
>Having read a few things extolling the virtues of Pearl for writing cgi's I
>am interested in trying out MacPearl - I am running Webstar on a PowerPC.
>
>I am a bit confused however - some things I have read say that I will need
>a C compiler to use Pearl - while other don't mention anything about a C
>compiler .

 - It's "Perl". "Pearl" is a Pascal based 70s system programming language.
 - On many platforms, Perl is distributed in source code form only, so you'd
   need a C compiler.
 - MacPerl is distributed in compiled form, too, so you don't need a compiler.

Matthias

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