Re: [MacPerl] perl->c supporting Mac extensions?

["David C. Schooley" <schooley@ee.gatech.edu>]

On Thu, Apr 3, 1997 9:53 AM, Chris Nandor <mailto:pudge@pobox.com> wrote:
>>Will there ever be a MacPerl extension allowing to save a script as a
>>non-editable/non-readable droplet or cgi, like Apple's Script Editor does
>>for applescripts?
>>
>>Is such an extension doable?
>
>Yes, it is doable (I think!).  No, it is not desirable (I am not speaking
>for Matthias here, but for the general sentiment of the Perl community).
>
>Perl is founded on openness of code.  Of course, there is nothing forcing
>you to comply with that philosophy, but when you realize that without such
>openness you never would have been able to do or learn what you have done
>and learned, then it becomes hard to justify non-readable scripts.
>

This is a valid sentiment, but there are probably situations where
non-editable or non-readable code is necessary, or perhaps just a good
idea.

MacPerl can accept perl code from AppleScript, so one solution might be to
encapsulate your perl code as the argument to an AppleScript "Do Script"
command and save the AppleScript code as a non-readable droplet. 

later,

---Dave---

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