Method of recovering source code from object code

Details Method of recovering source code from object code Method of recovering source code from object code

1997-05-08

1999-08-31

Vu, Viet D.

395568, G06F 945

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059464844

ABSTRACT:
A method of recovering source code from object code, comprising providing a computer program in object code format, disassembling the computer program into assembler code format, including machine instructions and their operands, providing assembler code patterns, and for each such pattern, its equivalent source language command structures, comparing the provided assembler code patterns to the assembler code, to find provided assembler code patterns in the assembler code, and for each such found provided assembler code pattern, assigning to the assembler code portion which makes up the pattern, the equivalent source language command structure.

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