From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2010-10-03T04:53:45+09:00
Subject: Re: how can we make a ruby compiler


On Oct 2, 2010, at 05:36 , Ammar Ali wrote:

> Seriously, I believe these questions are not worth asking.

Then why do you bother with this mailing list? You might as well unsubscribe now.

> It is 100% possible in both principle and in practice to convert Ruby code into another language where the output performs the same functions as the original code.

I know. I've done it. Twice. See ruby2c for one such example. There is another, zenobfuscate, (unreleased) that translates ruby to ruby c internals so that you can compile a ruby c extension and ship a binary instead of raw source. This may be what the OP wanted, but since nobody bothered to ask before answering (in volumes), it looks like they were chased off.

> However, the output will have nothing to do with Ruby in any way.

This is entirely false and I see absolutely no justification in the rest of your mail for such a claim.