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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 13:20:37 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Takking apart exe's
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Dane N/A wrote:
> 
> Well....I know this more thanlikly will not work...But I made an EXE and
> lost to code...Now I need to get the code from the EXE i made with your
> compiler...Is there a way to tear down an Object?  If so PLEASE GOD tell
> me...If not I thank you for your time,

You can disassemble it; do `objdump --disassemble foo.exe'.  But you
can't get the original source code.  Sorry.

(I'll avoid the philosophical discussion that usually turns up over
whether a decompiler is possible or not.)
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com