From: David Mitchell Date: 2005-04-27T07:43:15+09:00 Subject: Re: Precompiling Ruby programs One problem, just realised the ruby source is stored verbatim inside the executable, so this might not be your best bet. However, seaching for "build ruby exe windows" on google turns up a few other candidates. David David Mitchell wrote: > We have an internal tool with a lot of dependencies: wxRuby, SSL > libraries etc, but the guys that use it don't want to stuff around > installing all that on their machine to use our tool so we package it > all up into an exe with exerb (http://exerb.sourceforge.jp/index.en.html) > > Works really well. The resulting executable is fairly large, but it > works perfectly, performance is fine (hard to tell with our app, because > it's not very cpu intensive). > > HTH > > David > > John Wells wrote: > >> Guys, >> >> We're considering Ruby here at work for a web application we would resell >> to customers. >> >> We're currently a Java shop, so distributing code in binary form (via >> class files) is no problem. We get a few benefits: performance benefits >> and IP protection (via bytecode obfuscation). >> >> Is there any way to precompile ruby programs? How have you handled >> similar scenarios? This is unfortunately a stopping point for us, as we >> can't comfortably distribute our readable code to clients. >> >> I appreciate any insight you can provide. >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> > > -- David Mitchell Software Engineer Telogis NOTICE: This message (including any attachments) contains CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.