On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 1:09 AM, J. Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:58 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What must I do to my perl script so that my friends can run my perl > script from their computer, using windows as the operating system, without > having to install perl into their system. > > Sorry to tell you, it's impossible. > Trying to compile perl scripts is always a bad idea. snip
No, trying to hide your code is bad (since it can almost always be recovered). Creating a PAR executable is very useful. Not everyone has, or wants to install, Perl. Being able to provide a single file (which contains the perl interpreter, your script, and all of the dependent modules) to those users is wonderful. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/