Re: [MacPerl] MPW

[robinmcf@altern.org]

I started using MPW to get access to mac perl while 'simulating' (as close
as I can get it without actually having to install it) a Unix environment.
As a small aside I also use Codewarrior for C and Java but due to the fact
I write perl (and therefor use MacPerl) for WWW projects, I felt it
necessary to have a command line interface as opposed to a graphical one
because that is what I have to use when I install my perl 'gems' in their
rightful homes (usually Unix). One of the extra features that MPW puts at
your finger tips is the ability to alias commands (thereby giving them
their Unix equivalents - I can run MacPer under MPW and use pwd in back
ticks to get the current directory for example), allowing me to script for
a generic Unix environment on my Mac.

At prototyping level it offers the ability to check that parenthesis and
brackets actually match up and (though limited) colour coded syntax for the
keywords etc. . Sure to get the functionality out of it you do have to read
the manual, but I thought that was standard practice for programmers :),
which is as freely available as MPW itself in PDF format.

Sure there are caveats - the MPW command characters for one but I think
it's a case of 'just getting used to quirks'.

>Jonathan Eunice, <develop@illuminata.com>, wrote:
>As many people swear by it as swear at it.  Still, MPW is not without a
>certain esoteric charm (if charm is what one calls it).



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