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I would argue that decompilers are primarily reference tools (i.e., a more readable disassembly). It is wrong to see them as source code recovery tools because they will never be able to capture every aspect of the original program. So it doesn't make sense to have as a primary goal the ability to provide output that can be compiled again. It is more important that they more faithfully represent the disassembly.


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