perl -Mautodie -we '$app="ApplePerlQuine\@perlmonks.org.app";die"not a
+pple mac"unless${^O}eq"darwin";open$f,"|-","osacompile -o $app";print
+$f qq~set myPATH to path to me as string\nset myPATH to myPATH & "Con
+tents:Resources:Scripts:main.scpt"\nset myPATH to do shell script"ech
+o " & myPATH & " | tr : / | sed -E \x27s/Macintosh HD//\x27"\ndisplay
+ dialog (do shell script ("osadecompile " & myPATH)) with title "$app
+" buttons {"Use Perl!"} default button 1\n~;close$f;system("open $app
+")'
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Easier to read:

perl -Mautodie -we '$app="ApplePerlQuine\@perlmonks.org.app";
die"not apple mac"unless${^O}eq"darwin";
open$f,"|-","osacompile -o $app";
print$f qq~

set myPATH to path to me as string\n
set myPATH to myPATH & "Contents:Resources:Scripts:main.scpt"\n
set myPATH to do shell script"echo " & myPATH & " | tr : / | sed -E \x27s/Macintosh HD//\x27"\n
display dialog (do shell script ("osadecompile " & myPATH)) with title "$app" buttons {"Use Perl!"} default button 1\n

~;
close$f;
system("open $app")'

Easier to understand:

1. Perl setup:

perl -Mautodie -we '$app = "ApplePerlQuine\@perlmonks.org.app";
die "not apple mac" unless ${^O} eq "darwin";

2. Open pipe to applescript compiler and print:

open $f, "|-", "osacompile -o $app"; print$f qq~

3. Set applescript variable to the app path:

set myPATH to path to me as string\n

4. Append path of compiled source (inside the app):

set myPATH to myPATH & "Contents:Resources:Scripts:main.scpt"\n

5. Use shell to manipulate the path:

set myPATH to do shell script"

6. Change applescript variable with tr and sed:

echo " & myPATH & " | tr : / | sed -E \x27s/Macintosh HD//\x27"\n

7. Decompile app and display source code:

display dialog (do shell script ("osadecompile " & myPATH)) with title "$app" buttons {"Use Perl!"} default button 1\n

8. Back to perl, end print, close pipe, open app:

~; close$f; system("open $app")'

Summary: lines 1-2 and 8 use perl to write the app with applescript in lines 3-7.

As a script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use autodie;

die "not apple mac" unless ${^O} eq "darwin";

my $app = "ApplePerlQuine\@perlmonks.org.app";
open my $f, "|-", "osacompile -o $app";

print $f qq~set myPATH to path to me as string
set myPATH to myPATH & "Contents:Resources:Scripts:main.scpt"
set myPATH to do shell script "echo " & myPATH & " | tr : / | sed -E \
+x27s/Macintosh HD//\x27"
display dialog (do shell script ("osadecompile " & myPATH)) with title
+ "$app" buttons {"Use Perl!"} default button 1\n~;

close $f;
system("open $app");
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This one prints itself entirely, including the perl:

perl -Mautodie -we '$app=qq(ApplePerlQuine\@perlmonks.org.app);die"not
+ apple mac"unless${^O}eq"darwin";open$f,qq(|-),qq(osacompile -o $app)
+;print$f qq(set myPATH to path to me as string\nset myPATH to myPATH 
+& "Contents:Resources:Scripts:main.scpt"\nset myPATH to do shell scri
+pt"echo " & myPATH & " | tr : / | sed -E \x27s/Macintosh HD//\x27"\nd
+isplay dialog (\"perl -Mautodie -we \x27\x24app=qq(ApplePerlQuine\134
+\134\100perlmonks.org.app);\nopen\x24f,qq(|-),qq(osacompile -o \x24ap
+p);\nprint\x24f qq\(\" & do shell script ("osadecompile " & myPATH)) 
+& "\);close\x24;system\(\x27\x27open \x24app\x27\x27\)" with title "$
+app" buttons {"Use Perl!"} default button 1\n\(* This is an ASCII rep
+resentation of the Perl source used to make this app. It will not cut
+ and paste because of hex and octal tricks. See perlmonks.org/?node=1
+216984 for details. *\));close$f;system("open $app")'
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