From: Gautier <Gautier.deMontmollin@Maths.UniNe.CH>
To: Aaron <rum_and_cola@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Decompile Ada .exe Files?
Date: 1999/05/25
Date: 1999-05-25T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <374A655A.47CE1F4D@Maths.UniNe.CH> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3748db50.1017767@news.ozemail.com.au
> Is it possible to decompile a .EXE file that was written in Ada 95
> back to it's original code?
No. If symbol table is attached and no optimization performed, you could
be able to understand what happens in the program. E.g. Borland Pascal
.EXEs are so unoptimized that it can be easy to retrieve instructions;
reversely, good luck if you have an -O2 optimized, with inline pragmas,
GNAT .EXE !
A good pointer: http://www.csee.uq.edu.au/csm/decompilation/disasm.html
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Gautier
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1999-05-24 0:00 Decompile Ada .exe Files? Aaron
1999-05-24 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1999-05-25 0:00 ` Gautier [this message]
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