Re: perlfaq3: How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
[email protected] (Smylers) Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:18:48 GMT
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_brian_d_foy writes: > +because they want to disttribute their works without giving away "distribute" > +The Perl Archive Toolkit (http://par.perl.org/index.cgi) is > +Perl's analog to Java's JAR. It's freely available and on > +CPAN (http://search.cpan.org/dist/PAR/). I think it'd be good to expand on that a bit -- just half a sentence indicating what PAR is for in its own terms (so it's still useful for those who aren't familiar with JAR). > +The B::* namespace, often called "the Perl compiler", but is > +really a way for Perl programs to peek at its innards rather > +than create pre-compiled versions of your program. Is B::Bytecode worth mentioning explicitly? It would seem to answer this FAQ, and since Perl 5.8.1 does largely seem to 'work'. Smylers