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Re:How decompilers work by shasta on Thursday May 05, 2011 @12:17PM (#2517901)
Self-modifying code doesn't change my argument (see my response to kenjackson for my understanding of the problem) so long as it was produced by the compiler.
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Re:How decompilers work by barrkel on Friday May 06, 2011 @03:00AM (#2520226)
Well, you have no guarantee that a sane compiler was used, obfuscation and encryption may also play a part. Things worth reverse engineering are often convoluted in such ways.
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