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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by soganess on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @02:40PM (#24642099)
Wait, pardon my ignorance, but isn't a decompiler required for the kind of work they do at react?

Person A's Job:

- Decompile shit.

- Then write down the names of the functions with (1) input, (2) output, (3) a description of what person a think the code is doing (4) any side effect / preconditions / post conditions they can deduce.

Person B's Job:

- Take the spec created by person A and write code.

while(missingFunctionality.hasNext): goto Person A's Job

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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by saagarjha on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:42PM (#24643585)
It is and the split between person A doing the first part and person B doing the second part is important in a "clean room" reimplementation in the US.
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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by opencl on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @03:03PM (#24642406)
A lot of stuff is based or observing the Windows functionality in a debugger, or Microsoft's API documentation.
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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by rootw0rm on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:00PM (#24643097)
decompiler vs. disassembler is an important distinction here
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