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- packaged is a word that doesn't make sense unless you explain it. Do you mean putting the end product in a box? - I would say even that reverse engineering,
by phist_mcgee 5y ago
- packaged is a word that doesn't make sense unless you explain it. Do you mean putting the end product in a box?
- I would say even that reverse engineering, as mentioned, is not something the layman understands.
- amarant 5y agoYeah i also reacted to the reverse engineering part. But mostly that if you have the original source code, can you really call it reverse engineering? Other than that the article was fine IMO
- lewispollard 5y agoI also thought that was funny wording, but I guess if you only have partial source code of a program, it can help to reverse engineer the full program (as you'll have some access to symbol names, structures, patterns etc)
- kevincox 5y ago> packaged is a word that doesn't make sense unless you explain it. Do you mean putting the end product in a box? I mean yes. It isn't that long ago that software was sold in boxes. So the packaging analogy is probably within reach of most people. But maybe "released" or similar would be more widely understood.