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Legally they can't even use those, React does a totally blackbox reimplementation
by concernedctzn 6y ago
Legally they can't even use those, React does a totally blackbox reimplementation
- soganess 6y agoWait, pardon my ignorance, but isn't a decompiler required for the kind of work they do at react? Person A's Job: - Decompile shit. - Then write down the names of the functions with (1) input, (2) output, (3) a description of what person a think the code is doing (4) any side effect / preconditions / post conditions they can deduce. Person B's Job: - Take the spec created by person A and write code. while(missingFunctionality.hasNext): goto Person A's Job
- opencl 6y agoA lot of stuff is based or observing the Windows functionality in a debugger, or Microsoft's API documentation.
- rootw0rm 6y agodecompiler vs. disassembler is an important distinction here
- saagarjha 6y agoIt is and the split between person A doing the first part and person B doing the second part is important in a "clean room" reimplementation in the US.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoYou don't have to use a clean room methodology. Decompiling the code and reimplementing the functionality is a perfectly valid approach in any jurisdiction that permits reverse engineering.