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Message-Id: <m0z3kSV-000S4fC@inti.gov.ar>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 14:11:19 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: Disassembly
In-reply-to: <3.0.1.16.19980804094544.1fa7f588@shadow.net>

> From:          Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net> wrote:

> Dear DJ:
> 
> I have been following the fierce discussion on the subject of using or not
> using the Allegro modules in learning game programming, and it is sorting
> itself out well.
> 
> However, the way disassembly has been talked about horrifies and scares me.
> The impression is being given that disassembly is not a good, useful, moral
> experiment and is to be discouraged. > 
[snip]

Disassemblers (like objdump and the one incorporated in the debuggers (RHIDE, 
fsdb, etc)) are programming tools to help developers to fix your *own* code. 
You can't use it to disassemble code from people that explicitly ask to avoid 
it, even if your purpose is educational and personal.

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