Because they've paid you for it? I find that being abusive to customers (however stupid) is bad for business.

How do "evaluation message avoider" and "they've paid for it" go together? If they have paid, you can buy the program.

I disagree on using perl2exe, though. I think such a program should be open source or at least free without a nagging message. The idea of compiling a binary by combining interpreter and sources is a good idea, but should not be used to hide the source code.

Besides, you could always create your own installer using one of the many installation-wizard-creators and install Perl unless already installed.

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How do "evaluation message avoider" and "they've paid for it" go together? If they have paid, you can buy the program.

I thought the topic had moved away from the specific "evaluation message avoider" problem and seemed to be more about the pros and cons of these 'compilers'.

Kevin O'Rourke