$ perl perlc.pl a.pl -key password -exe a
Out: a.c
Exe: a

$ gdb a
...
(gdb) start
Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x8062cc5
Starting program: /tmp/eric/b/a 

Temporary breakpoint 1, 0x08062cc5 in main ()
(gdb) disassemble
Dump of assembler code for function main:
...
0x08062df0 <main+302>:  movl   $0x1,0x4(%esp)
0x08062df8 <main+310>:  movl   $0x8167020,(%esp)
0x08062dff <main+317>:  call   0x8075b30 <Perl_eval_pv>
...
End of assembler dump.
(gdb) break *0x08062dff
Breakpoint 2 at 0x8062dff
(gdb) continue
Continuing.

Breakpoint 2, 0x08062dff in main ()
(gdb) printf "%s", 0x8167020
# Super secret!
print("Hello World\n");