Can I compile my perl script to machine code ?

Does anyone knows
a perl script compiler to convert source to machine code ?
Therefore, Nobody knows my perl source code.

No, you can't compile perl source code. It's allready protected from prying eyes by the webserver, which executes the code and only sends the output. This mean that when i try to retrieve your script, i won't be seeing the source-code, but i'll see the output. Just make sure all permissions are set to 755 or -rwxr-xr-x. You can do this in most clients with the chmod command.

-- d0g1e

Hi,

There's a way to encrypt it . Go to CPAN and look for crypt.pm. Read docs.

Best wishes of luck.

Another option, if you don't mind huge executables for 5 line programs is perlcc. perlcc is part of the 5.6.0 perl distribution. I forget which version it appeared in, but it is also a part of the standard 5.00503 distribution.



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there is program for both win32 and linux environment to create an .exe from your perl script.

it's at http://www.dynamicstate.com/perl2exe.htm