From: richard lyman <lymans@...>
Date: 2004-07-07T23:28:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Secure Ruby Compiler

I use Exerb, EZExerb, and NSIS with HMSoft's interface.

I use SQLite and FXRuby(FOX), and the pre-compressed EXE is over 5
megs. After NSIS compresses it and wraps in all of the other
dependencies I usually get between 1.5 megs and 1.7 megs.

I don't use UPX, though I looked into it once... I should look into it again.

I agree that a 5 meg application is a little outrageous, but when you
think about it... I'm including Scintilla, SQLite, FOX, and OpenGL
support as well - but I'm definetly not using everything that each has
to offer... and that means that I can do more than I've wanted to in
under 2 megs - which isn't that bad in my opinion.

Join all of the above with the fact that I'm writing everything in
Ruby... yeah... I'm almost in heaven.

The only thing I haven't been able to get that I might want would be
_true_ protection of my source code, and a final EXE size of under a
meg ( maybe this could happen with UPX ).

-Rich