This. I built this because I like working on this sort of thing and because it lowers the bar for everyone else who doesn't know how to or want to rebuild thei

This. I built this because I like working on this sort of thing and because it lowers the bar for everyone else who doesn't know how to or want to rebuild their binaries. Also, depends a lot on your infrastructure. Sometimes it's easier to distribute and maintain patched Rubies, and sometimes it's easier to just require a ruby gem. The gem is designed and built in such a way that it should be resistant to most changes made to the Ruby VM.