From: Ruby Maniac <rubymaniac@...>
Date: 2007-09-26T05:55:10+09:00
Subject: The guy who wrote RubyScript2Exe needs to seriously reconsider how this little "gem" works...

I have a very simple Ruby script that does nothing more than compute
Dhrystones so there is a fair amount of looping going on in this
script as would be expected.

RubyScript2Exe seems to need to trace the actual execution of this
script before placing it and all of its code into an .EXE however this
process, if this is the process, should not be required since all Ruby
code that uses "requires" keywords would be adding in code, yes ?

Anyway RubyScript2Exe is a bit inefficient - not that it doesn't meet
my expectations for the Ruby language which is also quite inefficient
but I mean really folks this is a bit too much for me.

I have a similar Python program that makes a Python script into
an .EXE and it runs quite fast as would be expected so why does
RubyScript2Exe have to be so blamin' slow ?!?

Call me a Troll if you must be if we in the Ruby community don't bring
to light those things that need to change nothing about Ruby will ever
get better meanwhile Ruby as a language remains useful only to those
who don't care about performance.