Ok, that's certainly an option to look into. I guess what people want is the ability to distribute applications and libraries in .exe and .dll form, the same way we do with C# or VB. But perhaps it's a question of scope - maybe IronRuby is not intended to be a 1st class .NET language in the same way that C# or VB are, or it's only intended to be a language for embedding in a static language or for unit testing purposes?
The other reason is that it provides some (small) level of code obfuscation. I realize of course that the assemblies can be reverse engineered, but most users won't bother to do that - they'll just be interested in running the .exe. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Tomas Matousek < tomas.matou...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Well, there is a pretty simple way how to package up .rb files into an .exe > file w/o precompiling anything. One option is to build a self-extracting zip > file or something like that. That would solve the deployment issue. > Improving startup time via pre-compilation is much more work. > > > > Tomas > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *David Escobar > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:48 PM > > *To:* ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] What's next? > > > > Pre-compiling code would allow us to distribute our programs in .exe and > .dll form, rather than .rb files. IronPython allows this with its pyc.py > script. And if that means faster startup times and using Ruby code > statically from C#, then all the better. > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Tomas Matousek < > tomas.matou...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > What would you like to achieve by pre-compiling code? Faster startup time? > Packaging your code in a dll instead of a bunch of .rb files? Using Ruby > code statically from C#? > > Tomas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Martin Smith > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:14 AM > To: ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > Subject: [Ironruby-core] What's next? > > Hey Guys, > > Now that IronRuby 1.0 has shipped (congrats!!), what's next on the docket? > :) I'm not trying to pressure you guys! Just excited about the future. > The feature i'd love to see most would be pre-compilation... > > Thanks for such a great product, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > >
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