Anyone who reads the docs of can see that perl2exe does not claim the first 2. It doesn't say it's hiding the code nor it claims it's speeding up the things.

It DOES claim that you won't provide source code with the exe-distribution. This is not true as we all have read. Which is a lack of ethics, i agree.

But i still don't understand why anyone couldn't recommend perl2exe for the functionality it DOES provide.

Please, don't fight the windmills sir Don Quixote :-)