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[Tucker Balch]

Christopher Fowler said this:
> the reason for making a binary is to distriburte a script that looks like a 
> binary and no one could edit.  In perl you could write whole programs.  How 
> could you sell them if anyone could edit them?

There are various ways to encrypt perl code.  Take a look at:

http://www.perl.com/perl/doc/FAQs/FAQ/html/Q3.5.html

I think really that the best answer is to write in C.

--Tucker