Whatever you do, PLEASE OH PLEASE DO NOT say you want to do this for code hiding or security. Trust me. That isn't the perl way, and you'll be assaulted by "him". PAR, as said, is one choice; you can also look at ActiveState's Perl Dev Kit. But anyway, do use the Super Search to read all of the previous comments about the subject.

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