> 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/