compiling python (or ironpython) to .exe or .dll for or not for .NET

[josiah.carlson at gmail.com]

per9000 wrote:
> Update:
>
> I have found a holy handgrenade.
>
> I found something that seems to work fine for me - I've only tried it
> for 5 minutes but seems to work very smoothly. Open-source, Mozilla
> license, you know the drill...
>
> http://www.py2exe.org/
>
> py2exe (the name makes me fall in love) creates some dll's for me
> containing python I guess.

Your code exists as a .pyc file inside of the library.zip .  People who
still want access to it will be able to use the free or commercial
versions of decompyle to get your code back.  If you want to make it
more difficult, you can always use pyrex, but that will require a
compiler.

 - Josiah