I use MacPerl to manipulate lots of text files on my mac. It is a very productive tool. I was a former REXX (among others) programmer until I started to have a need to do things on my Mac which required moderate level of programming skills.
I don't have a ready answer for the 2nd paragraph, but would sure be interested! At 17:55 +0200 04/07/2002, Thomas De Groote wrote: >Hey all, > >Please don't kill me for this question, but as I have been using MacPerl >for a couple of years now just to develop CGIs that eventually run on a >linux box, I started to wonder what you guys really use MacPerl for. I >mean, MacPerl is more than Perl, otherwise this list wouldn't exist. What >kind of apps do you make with it? > >Also, is there somewhere a quick and dirty tutorial available that shows >you how to make a window and some objects for it? This way I could also >start making *real* MacPerl apps. > >Sorry if you consider this as spam, but I wanted to know... > >Thomas
