OK, since Erik is also listening, and I want to know: What's
the comparison between exrb and rubyscript2exe (on Windows,
don't go mentioning that exrb only runs on windows).
Late response, have been on holiday...
Since I don't know anything about the internals of Exerb and
the site doesn't reveal the internals, I can't tell the
difference between Exerb and RubyScript2Exe. A couple of thinks
I know (or expect):
* Exerb uses a "patched" ruby interpreter in the generated
executable. This interpreter comes with Exerb. RubyScript2Exe
uses the Ruby interpreter which is used to run RubyScript2Exe
itself, the one already installed on the system.
* Exerb uses a recipe file. I don't know what information this
file contains, but you have to generate one before you can
"compile" your application. RubyScript2Exe only uses the
application itself.
* Exerb doesn't compress the result. (But the result could be
compressed by UPX, if you want to.) RubyScript2Exe does
compress the generated executable.
* Number of supported platforms and portability. (Sorry...)
* RubyScript2Exe is written in pure Ruby.
If you're able to read Japanese, you could read the
doc/inside.jp.rd file which comes with Exerb, read the
RubyScript2Exe site (which is in English) and tell me the
differences...
I was having problems making EXEs that used REXML with exrb
(that was some months ago) and I'm pretty interested in
having EXEs with FOX and REXML code.
Both Fox and ReXML are reported to work with RubyScript2Exe.
I've no experience myself with either of them.
By the way the documentation on rubyscript2exe is
breathtaking. WOW!
Thanks...
gegroet,
Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/