Others pointed to perl2exe.com as a place to get a program to create stand alone LINUX and windows executatables from perl scripts.

this humble node doesn't have a descriptive title but it points to PerlApp, ActiveState's .exe making tool.

this thread on compiling perl goes into some detail as to why it might not be a good idea.

My personal experience with PerlApp is limited. The web hosting company we used at the time wanted $20 per module to install additional modules, so I build a standalone .exe Now I realize that I might have been better off modifying @INC to include a path I controlled.

As chromatic notes in this node, I can imagine building a standalone .exe for use in places where it is not convenient to install perl.

I can imagine somebody building a whiz bang GUI based utility and putting it on download.com The chances of the utility being used are greatly enhanced if people don't have to install another 20M worth of files over a modem line. There are people who know or care that Perl and C are different and who expect to download everything they need in one package.


--mandog

In reply to Re: Compile PerllApp .exe perl2exe executable? by mandog
in thread Is it possible to compile a Perl program into a .exe? by Flame

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