From: Elan <icimjs@...>
Date: 1998-12-20T13:14:33-08:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:00132] Re: "Compiled" .rb's

At 12:54 AM 12/21/98 +0900, you wrote:
>OTOH, I agree scrambling source is useful for some cases.  Anyway,
>Python like freezing (bundle everything in a executable file) is on my
>ToDo list.  It can be used to HIDE source, even through de-scrambling
>is pretty easy.

I second that. De-scrambling may be pretty easy, but it will deter the
typical user from messing around with the code just out of curiosity or
because they think they can easily modify something themselve, often enough
a major source of headache when you distribute sources.


Elan