"W. Kent Starr" <elderburn / mindspring.com> writes:

> Compilation (Ruby2Exe) is also a priority for projects, not for the
> corporate proprietary issues noted before (secuirty through
> obscurity is a stupid policy IMO) but for minimizing end-user
> confusion over the install process. (DLing libraries yada, yada,
> yada is soenthing that majority of end users -won't- do even if they
> can figure -how-) Duccess of an application depends upon (1) does
> what it promises, (2) doesn't blow up the end user's computer and
> (3) is a one-click install and they are up and running.

I agree 100% with this sentiment. However, it may be that there are
ways of achieving the same result without resorting to a compiler.

Perhaps we should just say at this point that we need a way of
packaging/bundling applications that we deliver?


Dave