From: Julian Fondren <julian@...>
Date: 1998-12-20T20:09:54-06:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:00135] 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.

eek..

> 
> 
> Elan
> 
>