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In article <816377951snx@deliah.nemeter.dinoco.DE>,
michely@deliah.nemeter.dinoco.DE (Joachim Michely) wrote:

 > captain@nether.net writes in article <4835cf$pg4@news.cic.net>:
 > >
 > > Can a modula-2 program which has been linked to become a dos.exe
 > > file be returned to its original state (ie plain text)
 > > I have an exe version of a program which was deleted, I would
 > > really like to get the text back.  I am usingthe Stony Brook Quickmod

 > Because Modula-2 code is "compiled", ther is no way back.

  Think of a compiled program as hamburger meat, you can not run it
  backwards through any machine and have a cow rebuilt. 8-)
  
  There are some compilers that permit debug information to be implanted
  into the executable code which will permit you to view the
  executable as source code such as Microsoft CodeView when used
  with their C/C++/BASIC compilers and their codeview debugger. The only 
  way to see if your compiler supports anything like this is to check you 
  manual. However, note this is not something you should leave in your 
  final product, unless you think having people reverse engineer your code 
  is a good thing. If you need to know whether a certain program you have 
  has been compiled with debugging info for this purpose, view it through 
  a binary editer and see if any labels are implanted anywhere. If you can 
  read something that doesn't appear to be string data, chances are the 
  product has debug info in it.

  Or if you happen to have the MAP/LIST files from the compiler/linker 
  you might be able to use a debugger with these, although I wouldn't
  bet on it and these usually have the original source code listed somewhere
  anyway.