sys1@anl-mcs.arpa (Systems Programmer) (04/04/88)
On 31 March 1988 weiser.pa@xerox.com writes: >>In article <431@micropen> dave@micropen (David F. Carlson) writes: >> >>Why can't a machine independent intermediate >>form be developed for UNIX solely to be translated into native binary on the >>target machine by a similar utility? This form would have to be opaque >>enough to discourage un-compiling but adaptable enough to allow for tight >>native translation on any SystemV (and eventually POSIX) machine. > >I propose obscufated (obscurified) C. With enough variable name mangling and >gratuitous casting, reading can be just as hard as disassembling. > >-mark What a delightfully *perverse* idea! 8-Q Who taught this man to think like that? In any event, if the code were *that* weird, its performance would most likely make it unmarketable. Too bad... it was a such a *happy* thought. ;-) Scott Bennett Systems Programming Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ********************************************************************** * uucp: {decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!anlams!niuvax!sys1 * * BITNET: A01SJB1@NIU * *++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++* * "Good government obtains when those who are near are made happy, * * and those who are far off are attracted." --Confucius * **********************************************************************