In the last 15 years, I haven't encountered many coders or organizations that produce code that think machine code or bytecode is significantly "secret". The s

In the last 15 years, I haven't encountered many coders or organizations that produce code that think machine code or bytecode is significantly "secret". The sentiment I mostly encounter is: Secrets are things that are encrypted. Compiling (to bytecode or machine code) is just a way to let different kinds of "machines" read the code. (Paranoia seems to amplify that attitude)