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Got it. What's the overhead of using RubyEncoder or some sort of code obfuscation/loader protection technology? I'm interested to know how much it costs compared to straight up MRI/JRuby.

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It used to use RubyEncoder, now it uses something custom. The overhead is very minimal, and it's only when the source is read off disk.

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