Hmmm... I would have recommended the same thing as a possible solution. >From what I see in the Perl FAQ there is an experimental C code generator, and unless you do something special it embeds most of the Perl C code into it anyway so that eval's can work. And from what I have seen, you can use perl2exe to create a small file (or maybe it was the AS one) if you also distribute a shared library with it... so you aren't embedding the whole Perl binary, and the shared library only needs to be downloaded once.
In my case I am interested in distributing a script without having to force users to download and install Perl on Windows systems (not to hide the source, or to make it run faster). Is there a better way? Just curious. Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 10:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl Compiler >>>>> "Jeffery" == Jeffery Sk1 Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeffery> Follow this link: Jeffery> http://www.indigostar.com/perl2exe.htm Bleh! why does this program keep getting brought up? That's a "compiler" in the sense of "bundler", not in the sense of "perl compiler", which is built in to /usr/bin/perl. That *bundler* does nothing to speed up the runtime of Perl (which is why people usally want it) and in most cases actually *slows down* the startup of Perl (which is another reason people ask for a "compiler"), and does very little to obscure the source of the original program (which is another nefarious use of such a tool). OK, so it *does* allow you to distribute a single .exe that contains your little tiny Perl script along with THE ENTIRE PERL RUNTIME (so much for disk space... five of these, and you've got five complete copies of Perl on your disk!). But that advantage is completely outweighed by the disadvantages above. PLEASE STOP RECOMMENDING THIS PROGRAM. PLEASE POINT PEOPLE TO THE FAQ WHICH DETAILS THIS. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
