anyone know where i can get a decompiler?

[SinNisTeR]

i need to get a decompiler. i made a stupid C program ages ago and i need to get its source. i was wondering if there is anyway that i can get my source back? someone mentioned decompiler so im wondering if there is a visual c++ decompiler.

 

[ineedsleep]

The only types of decompilers I know of will take the binary and turn it into ASM. There might be one, but this is all I that I know of...

 

[CTho9305]

and the ones i've heard of make code that is REALLY hard to read.

 

[EagleKeeper]

You can reverse back to assembly cleanly.

After that, reversing futher, boils down to assignments to variables (Var1, Var2 etc) which have no english meaning for a program.

Also white space and comments will not exist.

 

[SinNisTeR]

EagleKeeper

which program are you talking about?

 

[konichiwa]

There really isn't a way to go from machine code back to the programming language you used (C, C++, VB, whatever) because the point of the compiler is that it translates that programming language into ASM. You can get a disassembler that will give you ASM code but if you don't know ASM your SOL and USC WAP.

 

[Descartes]

konichiwa is correct. There's no way to get the source back, because all your pretty formatting and hard work means absolutely nothing once compiled.

 

[SinNisTeR]

DOH!!

thanks for clearing that up tho guys, i appreciate the extra knowledge.