Java decompilers

Posted by Myles on Tue Jan 26 17:53:54 1999

A nice article on java decompilers from july 97 is at

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-1997/jw-07-decompilers.html

The basic gist is that at that point the 3 decompilers reviewed
(Mocha beta1, DejaVu 1.0 and WingDis 2.06) had flaws that mean
it would take a lot of effort to get the decompiled classes
re-compilable for all but the simplest application. They are
quite good for inspecting the java code, but they do sometimes
produce semantically incorrect code.

BTW, "[The authors] goal in life is to personally drive the final stake through
the heart of the evil C programming language." :-)

Myles

Follow Ups:

• List of decompilers Myles Tue Jan 26 19:54:42 1999 (1)
  • Re: List of decompilers khu Sun Sep 19 9:51:29 1999 (0)
  • List of decompilers TimP Tue Jan 26 19:53:01 1999 (1)
    • Re: List of decompilers khurram Fri Jul 16 12:42:51 1999 (1)
      • Re: Re: C++, decompilers nano Fri Sep 10 13:22:49 1999 (0)
    
    

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    >A nice article on java decompilers from july 97 is at >http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-1997/jw-07-decompilers.html >The basic gist is that at that point the 3 decompilers reviewed >(Mocha beta1, DejaVu 1.0 and WingDis 2.06) had flaws that mean >it would take a lot of effort to get the decompiled classes >re-compilable for all but the simplest application. They are >quite good for inspecting the java code, but they do sometimes >produce semantically incorrect code. >BTW, "[The authors] goal in life is to personally drive the final stake through >the heart of the evil C programming language." :-) >Myles

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