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Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 12:01:58 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: sephiroth <sephiroth AT id-base DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Decompiler Question.
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On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, sephiroth wrote:

> Is it possible to decompile a DJGPP .exe file, I ask this because I
> think noticed looking through the .exe file, function names. Which could
> make it possible to decompile.

What you see is the debug info.  It tells the debugger the addresses of 
the functions and how to convert the address of an instruction to a 
source-level line number.  But it doesn't say anything about converting 
the instructions into C code.

> I know everyone says it's not possible to
> decompile, but is DJGPP an exception?

No.

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