From: Mike Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-04-14T22:50:58+09:00
Subject: RE: crypting ruby source

> The reasons for doing this are obvious, $$.  You want to distribute
> your work without anyone learning your secrets.  I think more folks
> would use Ruby if it had this feature.

not trying to sound smartassy here, but the lack of native support for that
hasn't seemed to slow perl down.  (Or does it have that?)