Doh
Couldn't we have just bought into the f-35 fighter-thingy ?
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Disassembled code can be just as useful and readable as higher level source code. An accomplished/seasoned coder would be able to make sense of it.
I remember disassembling Delphi code a few years back and found that the disassembler was able to reliably reproduce function headers and such although the actual code contained in the function was still reproduced in ASM.
Admittedly, your average script kiddie isn't likely to be able to extend the functionality of the disassembled binary.
At least two people have mentioned that this may affect native QNX development, which it probably will. Aside from that I see this as a good thing, isn't the Java mantra "Write once, run everywhere" ? Would this enable (in theory) a given developer to write one application for android and have it work elsewhere in another marketplace; sounds like a no-brainer to me.
They routinely stick to dated software, out-of-date methods, insecure practices. My workplace has the most dodgy code produced by so-called professionals that are still using Access Databases and text lists to store their data. The level of programming incompetence of some software companies is absolutely stunning.
"It's no fun when you KNOW in advance at the start of a match that you are going to get killed repeatedly because the lag compensator means that the enemy sees you and shoots you before you've even managed to get a shot off (even though you did)."
I wondered up until now what was going on there.