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Stallman clearly had zero exposure to the cracking scene, nor the PC/microcomputer community. Back in the old days, we only needed a hex editor and disassemble
by userbinator 2y ago
Stallman clearly had zero exposure to the cracking scene, nor the PC/microcomputer community.
Back in the old days, we only needed a hex editor and disassembler, maybe sometimes a debugger, to "make the program do something different".
PC magazines would publish binary patches too.
IDA showed up sometime in the 90s but it was extremely expensive, and cracking it became a "rite of passage".
Now, Ghidra is free and there are tons of other tools available.
- pseudalopex 2y ago> Stallman clearly had zero exposure to the cracking scene, nor the PC/microcomputer community. I would say it was clear you had zero experience writing for a general audience if I wished to make unfounded assumptions like you. You overlooked he wrote easily maybe? Cracking IDA was a rite of passage because it demonstrated skill.