Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 16:57:54 11/18/02
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On November 18, 2002 at 14:47:52, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: <snip> >The NET 7.0 no one can use because you can decompile it too well. <snip> Help! Am I reading this out of context? If I purchase a computer with Windows XP and then purchase that compiler, I will not be able to use it because "you can decompile it too well"??? (a) What does that mean? [Decompile? Decompile too well? Decompile WHAT too well?] Go from listing of maching language instructions back to source code? (b) Would anybody be wasting their money by purchasing that computer and compiler? Are you concerned about keeping your source code secret? So that DIEP can be commercialized but to keep the competition [Fritz] from stealing your ideas? I once worked with a team of top-notch ["Cracker Jack"] programmers to obtain a detailed flow chart from an object program. It took months and then when we had the flow chart, we were still a long way from understanding the program. A year later we finally were done. If you really want to keep your source code secret, maybe you should program in machine language to start with. Perhaps there is some sort of "encription" that would help to make it impossible for anybody to decipher your machine instructions list. Bob D.
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