Flexvault said

So why can't Perl have a '-Compile' like the '-cw' compiler flags that produces a bitecode that can be shipped and run. Every one knows that someone that wants to get the code can, but the casual 'expert' would be deterred by '...It looks like 'C' to me!'

Anonymous Monk said

If you don't want "customers" diddling the code, you can use PerlApp/CavaPackager/PAR (with filters, crypto/whitespace, even used to be a B::Bytecode filter )

CountZero said

Your reply wins the "most useless and clueless answer of 2012" prize.

You're wrong CountZero and rude.

I am not wrong and I am not rude. :)

Perl does not have a "compile" flag for all the good reasons explained in this discussion, so your argument is invalid ab initio.

Packing Perl code is just a thinly disguised "zipping" of the interpreter + modules + script. Adding some source-filter code will not make it any more secure or less prone to be looked into. Anyone who can open a Perl File and start a Google search will find countless links to undo the obfuscation. Therefore Anonymous Monk's comment was wrong and likely to misguide our young Monks.

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You are being pointlessly rude and you are wrong for most definitions of wrong. Rinse and repeat ... the original request was for something that: "Every one knows that someone that wants to get the code can, but the casual 'expert' would be deterred by '...It looks like 'C' to me!'"

You seem to be expecting very clever "experts".

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