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Re:“Math 2.0” will need to value mathematical progress more ... by diath on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:43AM (#50006402)
> Byte-matching has been a side-effect of gaining an understanding of how the software works.

No? Decomp sources are often full of comments that claim that there's no clear reason as to why something is done a certain way or straight up full of question marks. Byte matching often is a result of bruteforcing a solution rather than understanding the original idea behind the code.

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