From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3370935c131f2b87 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!decbec26!not-for-mail From: "Brian Catlin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Reverse Engineering Organization: Sannas Consulting X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:43:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.164.64.169 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net 1094661807 68.164.64.169 (Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:43:27 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:43:27 PDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3493 Date: 2004-09-08T16:43:27+00:00 List-Id: "Kelvin_K" wrote in message news:BcB%c.39735$cb5.21132@hydra.nntpserver.com... > Does anyone know of a program that will reverse engineer .exe files compiled > with ada back into ada source code? > > With out going into detail, I have legitimate and legal reasons for doing > this..... Going from Ada (or any other high-level language) to an executable file, involves a loss of information on a large scale. So, trying to go from the executable back to the Ada source isn't possible. It is similar to trying to convert a load of hamburger back into a cow -Brian