From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2009-03-03T22:35:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling a Ruby app


On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:09 AM, David Masover wrote:

> Sharagoz -- wrote:
>> My second concern is protecting source code.
>> I realize that everything that can be compiled can also be  
>> decompiled,
>>
>
> That is not entirely true. Or rather, it can be "decompiled", all  
> right, but not into anything resembling the original source code.


Almost every kind of Bytecode is surprisingly well decompilable.

BTW: Open Source has nothing to do with the code being viewable.  
Battlefield 2 and Eve Online for example contain large portions of  
viewable code, but none of it is open source.

If Bytecode is enough for you: A patched Ruby 1.9-Interpreter is able  
of loading Bytecode (it is off, due to likely changes in the Bytecode  
format). Exporting is already available. I don't think there are  
readymade solutions available, but you could construct something out  
of it.

Regards,
Florian

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