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Re:Bowline - A Ruby GUI Desktop Framework by sant0sk1 on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @10:39AM (#741279)
Looks like I can view the package contents of your Twitter example app and see all the source. This may not be desirable for people trying to write a cross-platform app which they can also sell. Any way to close-source the final product?
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Re:Bowline - A Ruby GUI Desktop Framework by maccman on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @10:43AM (#741292)
Yes, I've ported it to Ruby 1.9 When this is complete, you'll be able to byte compile all your Ruby code (and obscure all the JavaScript).
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Re:Bowline - A Ruby GUI Desktop Framework by jamesbritt on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @08:24PM (#742506)
This is one reason I prefer to build cross-platform Ruby desktop apps with JRuby (and Jimpanzee + Swing). I get complied code, which happens to be insanely obfuscated.

(And I get to use the bazillion Java libs, too.)

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