From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2008-11-21T10:12:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling Ruby Scripts (Ruby 1.9.x)

Paul Fraser wrote:
> Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
>> Sparky Mat wrote:
>>> I was wondering if it is possible to compile Ruby code for Ruby 1.9.x .
>>> I understand that by compile, it just packages the interpreter/VM and
>>> all included libraries, into one huge executable. Does RubyScript2Exe
>>> support Ruby 1.9.x? If not, are there any alternatives that do?
>>
>> JRuby will have 1.9 support soon, and supports precompilation and 
>> packaging/bundling the code in a single jar file. Is that what you're 
>> looking for?
>>
>> - Charlie
>>
> Hi Charlie,
> 
> Can you guess (estimate) as to "how soon" for packaging as a single jar?

Rawr basically does this already:

http://rawr.rubyforge.org/

We hope to have 1.9 support all finished by Christmas time or so. 
Parser/interpreter work is in progress, M17N is well under way, and I'll 
do the compiler after the parser's done.

- Charlie