in reply to Compiling Perl?

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So I know this isn't an answer to the original question, but to those who wonder what the poster's motives are, what's it to you? Just be a good monk and answer the question if you know a solution. Productivity is a lot more useful than philosophical debates.

Kinda reminds me of the RTFM types who have enough time to write a long disparaging message to the asker but not enough precious time to say "type X and hit Enter."
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As for an answer, I agree with those who say "screw up the code." Perhaps one could write a little script to fudge up a perl program file...s/meaningful_var_name/xcE45Fkj/, rm_newlines(), et cetera.