Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl, Mac OS 8, and AppleScript

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

In article <3.0.3.32.19990223115812.00f52008@mailhost.cam.harlequin.co.uk>, Peter Westlake <peter@harlequin.co.uk> writes:
> Is MacPerl 5.2.0r4 compatible with Mac OS 8.1 and 8.5.1?

Definitely. It was *developed* under 8.1, and I run it daily under 8.5.1.

> When I run the script the second time,
> it crashes almost at once. This is the MPW tool version of
> Perl 5.2.0r4, with MPW Shell 3.5d6, running on Mac OS 8.1 and
> 8.5.1 (most of the testing was done on 8.5.1).

I've seen this before and it seems to be related to MPW. Last time I tried to
track it down, the problem disappeared, and I'm not naturally given to running
AppleScripts. I'll have another look.

Matthias

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