On 21 Oct 2010, at 22:51, Laurent Sansonetti wrote: > Hi Iain, > > --static activates static compilation, an experimental feature of the MacRuby > compiler. It is very different from regular compilation. > > A binary generated by static compilation will statically link against a > special version of MacRuby, which does not make use of the LLVM JIT compiler. > Since the binary won't make use of the JIT, some features of Ruby are > disabled. Also, BridgeSupport annotations are directly compiled into the > binary and won't be read at runtime. > > The goal of static compilation is to generate smaller executables (generally > just a couple MBs) that can run on situations where JIT compilation is not an > option. Because the executable embeds the runtime itself, there is no need to > bundle the MacRuby framework in the app bundle. It's currently a work in > progress though, so it's not recommended for general use. > > Laurent >
Thanks for taking the time out to give this really helpful answer, it's much appreciated. Regards, Iain _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
