> Can you clarify this a bit, though? Can a vendor compile their product > on, say, x86 and then hand the resulting output(?) to a client where the > client could then "re-compile" it on, say, zSeries, even though the > client does not actually have the source code?
It's not possible to disassemble the x86 binary code, only at runtime! Code and data can be in the same area, so you can't be sure what have you there (disassembler should follow jumps, calls, but what to do when a register/or stack is used??)! István ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
