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- From: kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin Quitt)
- Subject: Re: Q: Decompiling C?
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- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 20:00:49 GMT
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- On Sat, 30 Dec 1995 19:51:07 GMT, balchen@sn.no (Jens Balchen Jr.) wrote:
- >Is it true that there has been a C decompiler around? If so, when
- >did you hear about it? Did it work?
-
- There have been numerous C decompilers written; all of them work poorly and
- generate horrendous code. A few do slightly better--they're aimed at a
- particular version of a particular compiler on a particular machine. The
- current most-serious work can be sort-of examined at:
-
- http://crg.cs.utas.edu.au/dcc.html
-
- If you're interested in theory or further discussion, write to me.
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