Hilarity

Wednesday, 1 Sep 2004

User1:

I want [my scripts] to be as protected from copying and viewing (the source code) as possible for a computer program, and that’s not possible with Perl 5 scripts.

User2:

Having reviewed [a piece of User1’s code], I think you need a way to protect your code from being executed as well. Technically speaking, I think deletion fulfills both of our requirements of your code.