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meowface
1838 days ago
If a (non-malware) application is easier to understand in IDA than from its source code, something has gone horribly wrong.
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Retr0spectrum
1838 days ago
Going horribly wrong is somewhat typical for large software projects.
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dkdbejwi383
1838 days ago
Game programming in particular is often full of interesting hacks and difficult to read code, because in game programming performance trumps all else.
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meowface
1838 days ago
Sure, I understand that. But I imagine the IDA views would still be even more difficult to read.
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