Sometime you may want create standalone executables in perl.
You code is in Perl not in C. Well, have you ever heard about "perlcc" ? Take a look: 

root@scarface:~# cat test.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict ;
my $web = "perlmonks rocks !" ;
print "$web\n" ;


root@scarface:~# perlcc test.pl -o test
root@scarface:~# ./test
perlmonks rocks !

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Depend on the code it may not work as well, but in almost cases it can be used. 
root@scarface:~# file test*
test:     ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dy
+namically
test.pl:  a /usr/bin/perl -w script text executable

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Remember, perlcc is an experimental program, don`t use it for production.

Edit BazB: reformatted, changed code tags slightly.

Title edit by tye

In reply to Tried perlcc yet? by hash

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