The first programs were written in binary/hexadecimal, and only later did we invent coding languages to convert between human readable code and binary machine code.

So why can’t we just do the same thing in reverse? I hear a lot about devices from audio streaming to footware rendered useless by abandonware. Couldn’t a very smart person (or AI) just take the existing program and turn it into code?

    • mesamune@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It’s taken years for devs to decompile Zelda let alone other projects. It’s crazy how much work goes into such projects.