Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:02208] Re: Ruby strict mode and stand-alone executables."
    on 00/03/27, "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker / jump.net> writes:

|>   * dump core after loading everything, then use undump; this scheme
|>     is used by Emacs and Perl.
|
|Do you know if anyone has tried this with Ruby yet? Is there a Ruby
|module/method that dumps its process image?

I haven't.  Although it's technically possible on some platforms.

|Do you know if there a generic/portable (perhaps GNU) undump program
|available?
|
|Does anyone know if there is some kind of portable technique (and least in
|the UNIX world) for turning a process image into a stand-alone executable?

As decoux / moulon.inra.fr stated, there's no portable way to undump I think.

							matz.