From: Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2006-03-30T09:33:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Compile to exe to hide source code

Eric Boucher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to hide my source code under Windows, so I tought that compiling  
> to an executable file would solve the problem. But I didn't found a way  
> to do it with Ruby. I have tried 2 solutions:
> Exerb -- If you read the 'exe' file, you can see the source code directly.
> Ruby2exe -- The complete source is copied temporarily under the %TEMP%  
> directory.
> 
> Does somebody have a way to deploy a file while hiding the source code?  
> I know that there is a decompiler for a lot of compilers, but I want to  
> be able to make it harder for people to see the source code (not as easy  
> as looking to a temporary directory or reading directly an 'exe' file).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 

This is a frequently asked question. There is currently no way to do 
this with Ruby.