# Saving Ruby 1.9 bytecode

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saving-ruby-1-9-bytecode/125304>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 8, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saving-ruby-1-9-bytecode/125304 "2008-01-08T04:25:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saving-ruby-1-9-bytecode/125304/1 "2008-01-08T04:25:41Z")

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Hi,

Is there some way to save the bytecode generated by Ruby 1.9 to disk  
such that I can then run that bytecode again later? Similar to Python  
and .pyo files?

Thanks

- J

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/saving-ruby-1-9-bytecode/125304/2 "2008-01-08T04:33:52Z")

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