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Any tips on how you went ahead trying to dissect and understand b.c?



Understanding c.h, a.[ch] and A.S was not too difficult, I can share my notes with you if you are interested.

I am still working in b.c itself. I have started from the entry point and try to make sense of it following different simple examples, with help from an opcodes table and other references. It is a very interesting exercise, and I think I have already found some bug, but it is not an easy task. I am not sure I will ever totally decipher it.

I would like to make public what I have so far and ask for help, but since this code does not have a public license, I would not feel comfortable doing that. My plan is to try to get as far as possible (I have only been working on it for a couple of weeks so far), and ask for permission to make it public from Whitney, though I am not sure what to expect.


Thanks for sharing your notes - I was impressed with the rigor and the effort you have put into understanding the codebase.


Yes I would be interested in your notes. My email is in my profile.




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