From: Joe L <superist_joe@...>
Date: 2007-12-05T09:16:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby App Distribution

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http://wiki.jruby.org/wiki/JRuby_Compiler  I was looking through the information there.  There seems to be a lot it doesn't support.

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Notable things that do not compile in either safe or unsafe mode: 
 
   class and module definitions 
   singleton class and method definitions 
   blocks with arguments 
   method defs with optional, "rest", or block arguments 
   some method calls are unsafe, like "block_given?" and "local_variables" 
   splats and multiple assignment (a, b = b, a) 

I'd prefer to stick with the official implementation if possible.  JRuby doesn't support C extensions.  I was hoping to use wxRuby for a GUI.

James Britt <james.britt@gmail.com> wrote: Joe L wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering what are the options for distributing a ruby application.  Java has the jar and C++ you can compile to an exe.  What options does Ruby provide?  I'm not looking to distribute anything before the next release.  I don't know if something is being added with Yarv to aide in distribution.  Any info would be great.


Using JRuby you can package up a Ruby app and distribute it as a 
clickable jar file.



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James Britt

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