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A computer program that transforms source code into the target language, often having a binary form known as object code.

A compiler is a computer program (or set of programs) that transforms source code written in a programming language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language, often having a binary form known as object code). The most common reason for wanting to transform source code is to create an executable program.

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How to get meaning of flags by integer

Assuming I have a syscall to open. man 2 open gives me info, that it requires 2 or 3 parameters int open(const char *pathname, int flags); int open(const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode); So, my code runs and In my registers I have $rdi =…
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best c compiler on windows for reversing

One of the threads I have discovered in my reading about learning how to reverse engineer is to write "small" c programs compile them and then disassemble them to see how the c code gets translated into assembly. I am working on windows 7 64-bit,…
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