Is there a C++ decompiler?

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Bryan Denny picture Bryan Denny · Oct 15, 2008 · Viewed 303.1k times · Source

I have a program in which I've lost the C++ source code. Are there any good C++ decompilers out there?

I've already ran across Boomerang.

Answer

David Holm picture David Holm · Oct 15, 2008

You can use IDA Pro by Hex-Rays. You will usually not get good C++ out of a binary unless you compiled in debugging information. Prepare to spend a lot of manual labor reversing the code.

If you didn't strip the binaries there is some hope as IDA Pro can produce C-alike code for you to work with. Usually it is very rough though, at least when I used it a couple of years ago.

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