Re: perl source code encryption

From: Jerald Sheets <questy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I have to second what Chas. is saying here.
> 
> The "perl way" doesn't lend itself well ideologically to what you're  
> attempting to do.  If you wanted to hide your source, or create a  
> proprietary product, maybe perl wasn't the best route for you.
> 
> Call it a language, call it a scripting language, anything you call it  
> implies openness and accessibility.
> 
> If you want to hide your work, then do it in a compiled language.

And even that doesn't help all that much. Some of the information 
will be lost, but quite a lot may be infered and the program may be 
decompiled into something not as nice, but still understandable.

Jenda
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