MacPerl 5.6.1 Released

pudge (apple.slashdot.org editor and MacPerl Maintainer) writes "MacPerl 5.6.1r1 is the first release of MacPerl in four years. It is now based on perl 5.6.1 -- actually on the latest unreleased 5.6 sources, so MacPerl is the most advanced release of perl ever -- and support for MacPerl is now in the perl core, for both 5.6 and 5.8. MacPerl can also be built entirely with freely available software. And, like its predecessor, it runs on Mac OS X under the Classic environment. Read the announcement, and see macperldelta for details on what's changed."

Comments

Why doesn't it have a native OSX version?

[_typo]

And, like its predecessor, it runs on Mac OS X under the Classic environment.

Mac OS X is unix like right? Why doesn't perl run in a non-emulated mode?

Perl already on OS X

[jtdubs]

OS X ships by default with Perl. Perl 5.6.1 in fact. Built natively for Darwin.

So, unless you need the added functionality of MacPerl, I wouldn't worry about it.

Justin Dubs