I see a lot about source codes being leaked and I’m wondering how it that you could make something like an exact replica of Super Mario Bros without the source code or how you can’t take the finished product and run it back through the compilation software?
It can be
What it produces will typically not contain the original names for variables and functions, and will not retain comments. It takes a lot more effort to understand what the intention behind the code was.
There’s also legality issues.
Feyr@lemmy.world 9 months ago
4+4 is 8 But so is 6+2 And 7+1
You can’t guess which two numbers I started with knowing just the answer
Code is the same, just with much bigger numbers and more of them
Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Very nice explanation of a complex promlem.
MTK@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I would say that it’s more like 4+4=8 but the original could have been (1+1+1+1)+(3+1) or (2+2)+(1+2+1) etc.
Basically it’s the same thing but if you really want to understand the code and modify it in any meaningful way you have to know how it was intended and not just the results.