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Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> wrote:

> However, if this really is your major blocker to using Python, I
> suggest compiling with Cython.

Cython restains all the code as text, e.g. to readable generate exceptions.
Users can also still steal the extension modules and use them in their own
code. In general, Cython is not useful as an obfuscation tool.

Sturla