n00bish question

[Somenoob]

How do you turn a normal file(like Perl, C, Python etc) into a binary file?

[thumper]

It depends...

perl and python files are interpreted, so they don't generally get turned into executables, but they do get executed...

C gets compiled into an executable using a compiler, usually gcc on linux.

[Somenoob]

So is there no way to make Perl or Python files into Executables?

[Wallakoala]

So is there no way to make Perl or Python files into Executables?

Yes...there is a way. For python, there is a script called "Freeze" that comes with the python distrobution. If you go onto the python website I am sure you can find the details on how to use it.

For perl...I have no clue. I am pretty sure that this is possible, but I do not know how.

[snowjm]

How would you compile a C++ program into binary using gcc?

[Jessehk]

How would you compile a C++ program into binary using gcc?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=172540