From: richard lyman <lymans@...>
Date: 2004-07-10T06:47:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Secure Ruby Compiler

The version of theWRAP that I just looked at didn't compress at all...

... in fact the website says it doesn't compress... 

... for me compression is a 'must-have-feature'.

I still think that:

1. exerb
2. EZExerb (yes I'm the creator, so I'm biased ;-)  )
3. NSIS

is the way to go for getting a ruby project distributed on windows platforms.

I changed the compression in NSIS from the default of zlib to LZW and
I went from 5.1 megs of scattered files to 1.3 megs in a single file
(Zlib went from 5.1 to 1.7).

-Rich


On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:28:54 +0900, tony summerfelt
<snowzone5@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:32:46 +0900, you wrote:
> 
> >Randy Lawrence wrote:
> 
> >> One of the killer features lacking in most scripting languages is the
> >> ability to "compile" or sufficiently "obfuscate" scripts so they can be
> >> distributed for execution without revealing the original source code.
> 
> >> Is this possible with Ruby today?  If not, is this something planned for
> >> future versions?  Are there 3rd party tools that do this?
> 
> unless i missed it nobody mentioned 'thewrap'
> (http://trondoc.ezwebtech.com/theWRAP/). the price is hard to beat.
> 
> i've used it to successfully wrap wxruby programs (well under 5mb). i
> think it uses upx somewhere in the process.  it will prevent 'casual
> copying'
> 
>