Re: [MacPerl] zlib compression module

["David C. Schooley" <schooley@ee.gatech.edu>]

On Sun, Mar 9, 1997 3:51 PM, William B. Birkett
<mailto:wbirkett@pcolor.com> wrote: 
>Has anyone ported the zlib compression routines to MacPerl? If you are
>wondering what they are, see
>
>http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
>
>I need to decompress "FlateEncode" objects within pdf files. After some
>research I learned that they are compressed with the zlib routines. A Perl
>module has been developed for Unix and Windows
>
>ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Compress/
>
>Getting this to work on the Mac is beyond my ability, so I was hoping that
>someone more capable had already done it.
>

FWIW, the zlib routines compile without difficulty on the Mac. I don't know
what else needs to be done. Is this where the dynaloader thing comes in?

later,

---Dave---

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