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Re:How decompilers work by shasta on Thursday May 05, 2011 @02:07PM (#2518319)
I think he had in mind that the language is fixed, but not the compiler.
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Re:How decompilers work by nandemo on Friday May 06, 2011 @04:19AM (#2520345)
In this context, "programming language" and compiler are really the same thing: a mapping from source code to object code.

In any case, the problem with your original argument is not the choice of compiler, it's that your algorithm migh not halt, as explained by kenjackson.

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