Re: [MacPerl] Welcome to mac-perl

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

At 11:28 +0200 98/07/16, Milivoj Ivkovic wrote:
> >- Whether you are using the MPW tool or the application
>
> Couldn't find info on what it is. I suppose I'll have to install it to
>see.

If you don't know, you don't need it.  MPW is the Macintosh Programmers
Workbench.  It's big. My MPW directory is over 40 MB.

But if you really want to have a command line, you might want to install
MPW; it's command-line oriented.  I'll warn you though; it's just enough
like Unix to be confusing if you know Unix, just enough like Unix to be
confusing if you're used to the Mac.  But it _can_ be very useful.  And
it's now freely available from Apple's ftp site:
ftp:ftp.apple.com/devworld/Tool_Chest/Core_Mac_OS_Tools/

(There is basic getting started info on MPW Perl in MacPerl: Power and Ease
as well as a walkthrough the standard installation process :-)

You didn't say what kind of Mac you've got, PowerPC or (old) 68K.
bigappl is 68K only _and_ is to be installed over top of (after) the
regular appl distribution.  See the MacPerl Readme (README.MAC) for details.
Excerpt:

  You should install distributions as suggested in the figure below,
  from bottom to top
                          +---------+-----+
                          | bigtool | src |
  +---------+-------------+---------+-----+
  | bigappl | appl_cfm68K |      tool     |
  +---------+-------------+---------------+
  |              appl                     |
  +---------------------------------------+
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