>I heard somebody said, we can get back the source code from a Java
>executable program easily by running some reverse engineering software.
>Is this true?  Does the same apply to the C Language? If so, our C
>programs will be highly unprotected, which is something I don't want to
>see!

Assuming that a disassembler (called decompiler) matched to the particular
compiler that was used exists (and not any disassembler), it is possible
to reconstruct the C source, or at least its functional equivalent in C,
minus the variable and function names. Evil tongues say that large
compiler manufacturers and/or third parties (not for PIC) have such tools
and somtimes 'recover' the source of concurrent's products.

However once the program is burned into a chip and the protection is set,
the code cannot be read back easily.

Peter

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