Just reverse engineering software doesn't result in the source code. You also need a ...

2026-02-04 10:28:36 UTC

Just reverse engineering software doesn't result in the source code.

You also need a decompiler, but that still doesn't produce the source code and it can't magically restore the comments either.

It takes hundreds to thousands of hours of de-compilation and reverse engineering work to go from object code, back to real source code with comments.

The method of a NDA could also be used to prevent someone from decompiling software.

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