From: James Dinkel <jdinkel@...>
Date: 2008-01-05T01:52:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Where's the bytecode from Ruby 1.9

Florian Frank wrote:
> James Dinkel wrote:
>> Waitaminute.  So if I have a paid-for application from some company and 
>> they wrote it in java, it would be possible for me to decompile it into 
>> the sourcecode?
> 
> Yes, it's also a lot of fun to do that.
> 
>> I figured there must be some way to hide it, otherwise 
>> proprietary software wouldn't use it?
> 
> Not, really. There are obfuscators available, that rename classes,
> methods, etc. but this merely increases the challenge a bit.

Thanks everyone for the info.  So when the Rubinius website says this:

"The Rubinius compiler generates bytecode that you can distribute in 
easy-to-install packages similar to jar files. Other measures to protect 
intellectual property can be easily added."

I take it they are just talking about the same thing... bytecode with 
obfuscators and such.
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