[ale] Py[h]hon syntax (sic)

[Jay Loden]

On Python, you can use "freeze" to accomplish more or less what you're looking 
for. 

-Jay

On Saturday 29 January 2005 10:55 am, Fletch wrote:
> >>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> >>>>> writes:
>
> Oop, I missed this the other day . . .
>
> [...]
>
>     Christopher> I read in the O'reilly book "Learning Python" that
>     Christopher> the code can be compiled into a .pyc file.  How do I
>     Christopher> compile into .pyc so that I can distribute the code
>     Christopher> without the source being seen?  This is one of my
>     Christopher> biggest problems with Perl.
>
> Python bytecode's not going to prevent anyone from mucking with things
> any more than compiling Java to bytecode does (or C to machine code
> for that matter).  If someone's determined enough they'll be able to
> recover pretty near the original source.
>
>
> Having said that, if you want to raise the bar to discourage casual
> mucking for Perl see perldoc B::Byetcode (although it's still pretty
> experimental), PAR (which will wrap everything up into an executable
> with an embedded zip archive), or one of the obfuscation filters (the
> original Acme::Bleach, the somewhat repetitive Acme::Buffy, or the
> swiss army chainsaw of source obfuscation Acme::EyeDrops) from CPAN.
> Acme::EyeDrops comes with a script that'll easily let you turn:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> print "Hello world\n";
>
>
> Into this (yes, this is valid perl; not that that's going to surprise the
> python people much . . . :)
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
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>
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>
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>
>
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