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From: "Nick Read" <nread AT hotpop DOT com>
To: "Djgpp-Users" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Fw: decompilation - of course!
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:30:54 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Holmes <cholmes AT surfsouth DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: decompilation - of course!


> Radical NetSurfer wrote:
> >
> > Its not impossible,
> > Its not as difficult as some would have you believe.

Of course it is possible.
It is also EASIER than some would like you have believe.

But answer me this....

Why bother?
Is it really worth it?

At least the following guy agrees....

>   I beg to differ.  It's extremely easy to disassemble something, but
> you can (probably) never produce the original source code.  For one,
> you lose all variable names.  Also, most compilers will unroll some of
> your loops and add new variables and take some away.  It's not easy
> to build structures back once they have been optimized by the compiler.

Don't forget that you loose any commenting that was present before hand.
You try working through thousands of lines of code, trying to figure out
what in the world it all does!!  Of course, if you are one of those people
who
don't comment there code anyway, then decompilation may seem like a good way
to lose your sanity and waste several hours of your day.

Best Regards,
Nick Read