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From: Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com>
Subject: Re: Decompile Ada .exe Files?
Date: 1999/05/25
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Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:
> In article <3748db50.1017767@news.ozemail.com.au>,
>   rum_and_cola@hotmail.com (Aaron) wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > Is it possible to decompile a .EXE file that was written in
> > Ada 95 back to it's original code?
> 
> No, and the answer would be no for almost any other language
> substituted for Ada 95 there. Far too much information has
> been lost, in particular the executable does not contain
> any comments for a start.

Probably a good thing, too.  I remember reverse compiling the UCSD
p-System from the p-Code in my energetic youth.  Just threw away a
boxful of it that I had kept for nearly 15 years in my garage.

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