From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-01-17T06:35:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby2Exe?

In article <sc45918b.091@HCNA01>, Dan Hable <DHable@phmining.com> wrote:
>I've been assigned the task to deploy some add on modules to our version
>control software. The only condition is that I need to deliver
>executable files to the end user. I wrote some demo apps using Perl and
>Perl/Tk, but I feel like stabbing myself in the eye with a pencil
>instead of working with Perl's OO abilities. 

I feel your pain ;-)

>Is there a Ruby or Python
>to exe generator?
>

I thought there was a rb2exe in the RAA, but I can't find it.  Anyway, I 
found a few links for you:

(from a post from October)
On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 13:29, Gil Cohen wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Yesterday I wrote a simple perl script that converts Ruby programs to C
> (it's actually, pretty simple. It just does a simple XOR encryption on
> the script, and uses rb_eval_string to run it) Nonetheless, it still
> works.
> 
> http://sung.lostgeeks.net/ruby2exe
However, that link seems to not exist anymore.  

I found rb2exe at:
http://www.os.rim.or.jp/~eban/
"Rb2exe is a program for converting ruby scripts to executable files. A 
program created by rb2exe requires the ruby interpreter. "

Phil