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Re:Reversing LZ91 from Commander Keen by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:39PM (#28213952)
You'd think so, but it turns out that reversing compiled code in an automated fashion doesn't usually produce very readable results:

https://derevenets.com/examples.html

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Re:Reversing LZ91 from Commander Keen by Akronymus on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:14AM (#28219707)
Sometimes even assembly is too high level too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunYrrcxXfw
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Re:Reversing LZ91 from Commander Keen by mywittyname on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:50PM (#28214048)
Sometimes you get lucky and debug information is left in the binary.
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Re:Reversing LZ91 from Commander Keen by davikrr on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:10PM (#28214285)
Hex-Rays begs to differ.
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