Specify Mac classic as past history

libwww-perl · Aug 14, 2011 · a6f3b99 · a6f3b99
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@@ -227,12 +227,12 @@ usually many URIs that map to any given file name.  For instance, an
 authority of "localhost" maps the same as a URI with a missing or empty
 authority.
 
-Example 1: The Mac uses ":" as path separator, but not in the same way
+Example 1: The Mac classic (Mac OS 9 and earlier) used ":" as path separator,
-as a generic URI. ":foo" is a relative name.  "foo:bar" is an absolute
+but not in the same way as a generic URI. ":foo" was a relative name.  "foo:bar"
-name.  Also, path segments can contain the "/" character as well as the
+was an absolute name.  Also, path segments could contain the "/" character as well
-literal "." or "..".  So the mapping looks like this:
+as the literal "." or "..".  So the mapping looks like this:
 
-  Mac                   URI
+  Mac classic           URI
   ----------            -------------------
   :foo:bar     <==>     foo/bar
   :            <==>     ./