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by ryanherman 5179 days ago
I remember developing in Visual Basic 3 and being able to decompile source code using an amazing program called Dodi (German Developer). I was 13 at the time but it was a scary thought of mine that that anyone could decompile my hours of hard work to re-release the same product in a matter of seconds. I'm happy to see Microsoft still going forward with C# and VB.NET attempts to make their code more open to the web and Microsoft compatible products yet less effort on the developers part. I still use Visual Basic to develop little tools at the speed of light. Not sure too many companies that would go to industry standards but this could be very intriguing.