It does. If you’re asking why not AOT compile a whole ruby app? Well Ruby is a really dynamic language and the generated C might not be valid after the app begi

It does. If you’re asking why not AOT compile a whole ruby app? Well Ruby is a really dynamic language and the generated C might not be valid after the app begins execution. I guess theoretically you could enumerate all of the different possible class states or the final class states but that sounds really hard. If you actually need a compiled Ruby binary mRuby is the best option but it has its own drawbacks of course.