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To: roller who wrote (13816)	5/13/1998 7:42:00 PM
From: Kachina	Respond to of 17305

Java - by design is late binding. It has actual names of data elements. Run it through Mocha and you have basically the original source. I know what is involved in machine language reverse engineering. It is very difficult because there are no hints - data names are lost, as are names of functions - particularly externals. There are scramblers, but still, the job is by definition much, much, much, easier. Pathetically so. By design - it has to be. (the Java code that our tool generates should set anyone back a wee bit.... :-) That is if someone uses Obsydian to create a Java back end system.