Yes, no, not really, however, it's very easy to do with wxPerl (even easier if you use wxGlade to build the GUI bits, like I just did)

In the example, just click the button, which will run the app again, then close it (all the while keepin' an eye on the console).

#!/usr/bin/perl -w -- 
# generated by wxGlade 0.3.1 on Mon Nov 17 17:52:26 2003
# To get wxPerl visit http://wxPerl.sourceforge.net/

use Wx 0.15 qw[:allclasses];
use strict;

package MyFrame;

use Wx qw[:everything];
use base qw(Wx::Frame);
use strict;

sub new {
    my( $self, $parent, $id, $title, $pos, $size, $style, $name ) = @_
+;
    $parent = undef              unless defined $parent;
    $id     = -1                 unless defined $id;
    $title  = ""                 unless defined $title;
    $pos    = wxDefaultPosition  unless defined $pos;
    $size   = wxDefaultSize      unless defined $size;
    $name   = ""                 unless defined $name;

# begin wxGlade: MyFrame::new

    $style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE 
        unless defined $style;

    $self = $self->SUPER::new( $parent, $id, $title, $pos, $size, $sty
+le, $name );
        $self->{button_1} = Wx::Button->new($self, -1, "button_1");

    use Wx::Event qw[ EVT_END_PROCESS  EVT_BUTTON ];
    EVT_END_PROCESS( Wx::wxTheApp(),-1, sub{warn("it ended @_")});
    EVT_BUTTON( $self->{button_1}, $self->{button_1},
        sub { 
            my $fpid = Wx::ExecuteArgs( # start this program again
                [ $^X, __FILE__ ],
                Wx::wxEXEC_ASYNC(),
                Wx::Process->new()
            );
            warn("it started $fpid");
        },
    );

    $self->__set_properties();
    $self->__do_layout();

    return $self;

# end wxGlade
}


sub __set_properties {
    my $self = shift;

# begin wxGlade: MyFrame::__set_properties

        $self->SetTitle("frame_1");

# end wxGlade
}

sub __do_layout {
    my $self = shift;

# begin wxGlade: MyFrame::__do_layout

        $self->{sizer_1} = Wx::BoxSizer->new(wxVERTICAL);
        $self->{sizer_1}->Add($self->{button_1}, 0, 0, 0);
        $self->SetAutoLayout(1);
        $self->SetSizer($self->{sizer_1});
        $self->{sizer_1}->Fit($self);
        $self->{sizer_1}->SetSizeHints($self);
        $self->Layout();

# end wxGlade
}

# end of class MyFrame

1;

package MyApp;

use base qw(Wx::App);
use strict;

sub OnInit {
    my( $self ) = shift;

    Wx::InitAllImageHandlers();

    my $frame_1 = MyFrame->new();

    $self->SetTopWindow($frame_1);
    $frame_1->Show(1);

    return 1;
}
# end of class MyApp

package main;

unless(caller){
    my $app = MyApp->new();
    $app->MainLoop();
}
__END__
it started 884 at C:\dev\loose\wx.proc.pl line 40.
it started 1376 at C:\dev\loose\wx.proc.pl line 40.
it started 1208 at C:\dev\loose\wx.proc.pl line 40.
it ended MyApp=HASH(0x1ab5224) Wx::ProcessEvent=SCALAR(0x2a37114) at C
+:\dev\loose\wx.proc.pl line 32.
it ended MyApp=HASH(0x1ab5224) Wx::ProcessEvent=SCALAR(0x2a37114) at C
+:\dev\loose\wx.proc.pl line 32.
it ended MyApp=HASH(0x1ab5224) Wx::ProcessEvent=SCALAR(0x2a37114) at C
+:\dev\loose\wx.proc.pl line 32.
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