Lord KJWilliams
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There is a misconception that every new generation of programmers , in the students that I help learn how to program. Its a phenomenon, that I have talked to all the professors about, changing in their pedagogic planning. For some reason, the new students think or believe, that if there is a compiler that takes source code and compiles it into an executable, then there must be a decompiler that takes that executable and turns it back into the original source code you wrote. Someone asked me if there is a decompiler for game maker studio because some of our students are using game maker studio at our college on their laptops. The answer is NO!
To believe in the idea that there is a decompiler , is to believe that there is a machine that will turn ground beef back into the meat shank that was put into the meat grinder. If you have been led to believe in the concept or have been drawn to the conclusion that a thing , a decompiler exists - its only in your dreams.
The only thing that might come close, is if you *CAN*, take an executable's machine language coding and turn it into assembly language ( which still has no use to a beginning programmer ) . I dont know why this happens, but I had to share this because its a misconception that I correct in every new generation of students in the first year of computer science. IT BUGS ME... that this isn't pointed out to new programmers at our college, from the professors or instructors.
There is no such thing as a decompiler for game maker studio, gcc, g++, or whatever compiler made by Microsoft. And if its true for compilers made for Windows, MAC OS, Linux, its also true for Oracle's Solaris that have compilers. Yes, they asked me that too ( question : Does a decompiler exist for Oracle's Solaris if it does not for Linux? ).
Arrrggghhhh!
Late Edit : I am referring to the same langauges used by compilers on Windows, not just any compiler.
To believe in the idea that there is a decompiler , is to believe that there is a machine that will turn ground beef back into the meat shank that was put into the meat grinder. If you have been led to believe in the concept or have been drawn to the conclusion that a thing , a decompiler exists - its only in your dreams.
The only thing that might come close, is if you *CAN*, take an executable's machine language coding and turn it into assembly language ( which still has no use to a beginning programmer ) . I dont know why this happens, but I had to share this because its a misconception that I correct in every new generation of students in the first year of computer science. IT BUGS ME... that this isn't pointed out to new programmers at our college, from the professors or instructors.
There is no such thing as a decompiler for game maker studio, gcc, g++, or whatever compiler made by Microsoft. And if its true for compilers made for Windows, MAC OS, Linux, its also true for Oracle's Solaris that have compilers. Yes, they asked me that too ( question : Does a decompiler exist for Oracle's Solaris if it does not for Linux? ).
Arrrggghhhh!
Late Edit : I am referring to the same langauges used by compilers on Windows, not just any compiler.
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