Re: [MacPerl] (Now WAY off topic...) A command line shell for theMac ?

[Mark Maris <mark@katama.mv.com>]

>At 18:55 -0500 1999.08.17, Neil Bauman wrote:
>>On 8/17/99 at 2:19 PMElton Hughes wrote:
>>
>>> >Does LinuxPPC run concurrently (i.e., just one of several apps running
>>>at any
>>> >point in time) with MasOS?
>>>
>>> No. But there is a project called Sheepshaver that will do the reverse (I
>>> think). The linuxppc website has more information.
>>
>>
>>Ahhh! But FreeBSD runs just like any other Mac app -- no rebooting required.
>
>No, I believe you are talking about MachTen, which is an app that runs BSD
>inside of Mac OS.  FreeBSD can run natively on the Mac hardware without
>Mach, but that would require rebooting.
>
>Actually, I am not sure if FreeBSD runs on Motorolas at all.  I cannot find
>any mention of it on www.freebsd.org.  NetBSD runs on Macs, and I believe
>OpenBSD does, too.  Of course, Mac OS X is basically BSD Lite, so that's
>another BSD.

Yes, NetBSD runs on most Macs. I have an old LCIII running as a router in
my basement (still with NetBSD 1.3.3), which is also running Perl 5.004_04
(NetBSD). So most of the same Perl scripts that I run on MacPerl also run
on the NetBSD box...

Ain't Perl won'erful? (This may fianlly bring us back on-topic... we're so
very platform-agnostic!)

BTW, I believe that LinuxPPC is a true OS (in the sense that it takes over
the machine). If I understand the literature correctly, it is very similar
to NetBSD in the sense that it completely takes over the hardware once it
is launched, and is not running as a MacOS app. If that is the case, it
should be a fine platform for a Un*x-style Perl. (Oops. Back off-topic
again...)

Mark


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    Mark A. Maris, Ph.D.    <       "Back off, man!  I'm a scientist!"
    mark@katama.mv.com       >             -- Dr. Peter Venckman



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