Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:56:45 -0401 | From | Raul Miller <> | Subject | Re: Take a deep breath... |
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Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@MIT.EDU> wrote: [one of the best descriptions of code analysis I've ever seen]
A couple minor questions:
... > practiced this skill was disasembling Microsoft Basic on my CP/M > machine. Sure, I had a disassembler which gave me the 8080 > instructions, and marked out functions; but then I had to figure out > what functions did, and once I figured out low-level functions, I would > name them and try to figure out higher-level functions; other times
Any tips on how to do something close to this kind of thing on x86, with Linux?
> When you're figuring out an interface, it's natural to jump around > between many different files, using grep and emacs's search function to > quickly locate relevant pieces of code. In fact, during the initial
A perverse fascination (and a long-term desire for speed) leaves me wondering how non-emacs users manage large scale browsing.
-- Raul Miller
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