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		drakenot on Jan 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reverse – reverse engineering tool with pseudo-C o... So has the Hex-Rays made significant breakthroughs in this area or does their decompiler have the same issues?

jacquesm on Jan 2, 2016 [–]

It works for relatively easy switch statements:

https://www.hex-rays.com/products/decompiler/compare_vs_disa...

It requires compiler generated code as input (which I don't find a huge restriction, but any assembly code will screw up the output).

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