I see a lot about source codes being leaked and I’m wondering how it that you could make something like an exact replica of Super Mario Bros without the source code or how you can’t take the finished product and run it back through the compilation software?
As I’ve read somewhere once: it’s easy to make a burger out of a cow. Making a cow out of a burger is slightly harder.
That means that compiling code is a lossy process - the original code is lost in the process and can never be recovered because it doesn’t exist anywhere anymore.
This is the fundamental notion of nearly 95% of cyberpunk stories re: the human soul and yet everyone always is like “but I want my cool robot hand!”
Fuck soul, I want my cool robot hand!