This page is my refutation of a Frequently Asked Question answer on decompilation. The original page is difficult to find now in its complete form, so I have archived ...

Data flow analysis in decompilation covers the conversion from primitive machine code instructions to expressions in high-level language. Main.DavidEriksson 28 May ...

This information is pieced together from a few sources. I hope it is still accurate. In about 1985, Jim Reuter wrote decomp, a decompiler for the Vax BSD 4.2 (a.out ...

This is the readme file for the "decomp" decompiler by Jim Reuter. This README file describes the decompiler that resides in this directory. WHAT IT IS: The decompiler ...

The Boomerang Decompiler and Tests Boomerang is an attempt at a complete, retargetable decompiler for native executable programs, released under a BSD style (open ...

The Decompilation Process The main problems with decompilation are the separation of data and code (i.e. obtaining a complete disassembly of the program), the reconstruction ...

Exe-2-C DOS/286 Decompiler Tests This is the beta version of an experimental decompiler. The tests are from test.zip in the dcc distribution. TOC Strlen The original ...

http://www.2good.com/software/desquirr Desquirr is a decompiler plugin for IDA Pro. It is written by Eriksson as part of a Master Thesis in Software Engineering. It ...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/exetoc This is a decompiler for Win32 executable files, hosted on Windows. For a first release, it's quite good. It seems to have reasonable ...

The Father of Decompilation ATTACHURL /maury.jpg \ ATTACHURL /maurysig.jpg Permission Requested. IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering. \ Figure courtesy of Bill ...

History of Decompilation (1960-1979) Decompilers have been written for a variety of applications since the development of the first compilers. The very first decompiler ...

History of Decompilation (1980-1999) See also On the Inverse of Compiling, April 1980. #TopicZebra Zebra, 1981 The Zebra prototype was developed at the Naval Underwater ...

The Interactive Decompiler http://idc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.html This is an interactive, extensible assembly language decompiler written in Python. The interactivity ...

Definition Program transformation is the act of changing one program into another. The term program transformation is also used for a program, or any other description ...

ON THE INVERSE OF COMPILING W.L. Caudle Sperry-UNIVAC 26 April 1980 1. INTRODUCTION It is fitting that the subject of program conversion aids and portability be a ...

7. SUMMARY A decompiler model has been described which was implemented and which achieved a relatively high figure of merit. There are, however, many fundamental ...

The PILER Decompilation System TOC The PILER decompilation system is documented in Barb74 . However, this document is probably only available in Microfiche form, ...

ProgramAnalysis is the (automated) inspection of a program to infer some property. Program analysis is needed for most kinds of ProgramTransformation and can range ...

International Static Analysis Symposium Description Static Analysis is increasingly recognized as a fundamental tool for high performance implementations and verification ...

An overview of various forms of ProgramTransformation. Translation ProgramMigration ProgramSynthesis ProgramRefinement ProgramCompilation ReverseEngineering DeCompilation ...