Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl installation, folders

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Axel Rose wrote:

> I experience the number and names of folders within the "MacPerl Ÿ" folder
> as very confusing.
> 
> Why is there a "MacPerl Scripts" and a "macscripts" folder?
> Why is there an "ext" folder with mostly .t files? Is this for
> testing - then why isn't it named appropriately?

This is the way programming environment distributions look, as a rule.
It's not even that MacPerl is based on UNIX Perl, it's just that there is
a lot of stuff. I sympathize to some degree, and I suppose the argument
can be made that some rationalization of folder placements
and names could occur.

> What module is used when - ":lib:Mac:AppleEvents.pm" or "lib:MacPPC:Mac:
> AppleEvents:AppleEvents"?
> 
Well, in this kind of circumstance there is *no* confusion once you
realize that binary modules have 2 parts - the .pm file which is located
in the usual place, and the shared library which is located in the MacPPC
or MacCFM68K folder in a library folder.

> What do others think?
> I consider the pure amount of folders and files in the top level folder
> harder to grasp when the "README.???" problem so thoroughly discussed here.
> 
It could be worse. Look at the Codewarrior distribution, or a TeX
distribution like CMacTeX, and enjoy... :-)

Arved



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