Loading precompiled code

Loading precompiled code - Ruby Forum:

> Does ruby support storing and loading bytecode !! Short answer: No, it doesn't. (Slightly) longer answer: No, *Ruby* doesn't support storing and loading bytecode, but most Ruby *Implementations* do. IOW: it's not part of the Ruby Language Specification, but most Ruby Implementations support it anyway. However, each Implementation has its own bytecode, its own archive format and its own APIs. And, of course, some implementations don't even *have* bytecode, so it's obviously impossible for them to support bytecode loading. (Much too) long answer: There is no portable bytecode specification for Ruby, and thus also no standard way to load precompiled bytecode archives. However, almost all Ruby implementations use some kind of bytecode or intcode format, and several of them can dump and reload bytecode archives. YARV (<http://Ruby-Lang.Org/>) always compiles to bytecode befor...

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