What is it you are hoping to do with perl2exe that you can't do by simply giving someone else the source code and pointing them at http://www.activestate.com?

You really don't see the difference, do you?

For end users, especially on Windows, it is not the same thing!

It does not involve the same ease of use to (perl2exe) copy the file and double click it; and (source + perl) unzip the source tree, download Perl, install Perl, double click the file.

For you and me this is trivial. But we're not users, we're programmers. We are not the audience! But, hey, even I don't want to bother with that if I'm gonna do it on forty machines.

That is what perl2exe and PerlApp are for. Simple distribution to ordinary people who just want to use our great programs to make their lives easier instead of more complicated.

/J