Re: [MacPerl] LPW status?

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pjstoaster.pg.md.us>]

Vicki Brown <vlb@apple.com> writes:
}I just got a copy of a nifty looking O'Reilly book called "Web Client
}Programming with Perl" which discusses using Perl to batch-automate http
}queries, bypassing the Browser.  To make it all work, however, one needs a
}Perl WWW access library called LPW.

No, it's called LWP, or libwww-perl-5.

}
}Apparently this library only works with Perl 5, and there are some
}indications that it only works (yet) with Unix; the author says that
}Windows versions are not yet completely ported.  He says nothing at all
}about a Mac version.

You can find it at
<ftp://mors.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/MacPerl/Scripts/libwww-perl-5.08.sit.hqx>

}
}Does anyone know the status of the LPW library?  Can I expect (any of) it
}to work? Should I just get brave, download it from the CPAN and try some
}things?
}
}Any info appreciated...
}
}Vicki
}
}-------------
}Vicki Brown (vlb@apple.com, www.mklinux.apple.com) - Apple Computer -
}Rhapsody
}  Web Gardener, Firewarden, Stagehand, MkLinux advocate, Utility repair tech.
}
}
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