As ooRexx has gained this ability (kudos go to Rick, who put implemented a
complete solution
including a rexxc option), please do not use the mentioned patch # 209 at all!
If you have a need to have the compiled Rexx program encoded, then use the new
rexxc option "-e"
(trailing switch), tested
Hmm, it seems that I have not clearly communicated why the problem cannot be
solved reliably by
third party libraries.
The problem surfaced first in the Java environment: here the Java scripting
framework expects
scripts to be stored as text only, such that reading script code automatically