2009-10-14, 03:33 AM
Personally I never plan on learning C#. Not only does it seem completely unnecessary (to me) afaik it's a Microsoft pet project deal (meaning no serious programmers will touch it with a 10 foot pole)
Just doing a Bing search (this link is in no way conclusive) this comes up (https://cplus.about.com/od/glossar1/g/GCC.htm)
If GCC doesn't support it, you definitely should think really hard about investing time in it... unless like your employer thinks it would be a good idea.
No decompiler other than MS would support C# (and it's hard to imagine MS selling a decompiler)
In general it seems like decompilers are a sort of mythical beast. At best it looks like an infant field of study with no practical applications. There might be a really good commercial decompiler out there (commercial stuff is usually not on my radar) but there doesn't seem to be.
So in conclusion I think any chance of decompiling SOM seems pretty hopeless. It would be nice though. Still I don't think it's a must for anything on the horizon (at least which I can dream up)
PS: I could be wrong, but I think C++ is a subset of C#. Though many C++ type operations require special care with C#. I just don't see MS taking over the world with C#.
Just doing a Bing search (this link is in no way conclusive) this comes up (https://cplus.about.com/od/glossar1/g/GCC.htm)
If GCC doesn't support it, you definitely should think really hard about investing time in it... unless like your employer thinks it would be a good idea.
No decompiler other than MS would support C# (and it's hard to imagine MS selling a decompiler)
In general it seems like decompilers are a sort of mythical beast. At best it looks like an infant field of study with no practical applications. There might be a really good commercial decompiler out there (commercial stuff is usually not on my radar) but there doesn't seem to be.
So in conclusion I think any chance of decompiling SOM seems pretty hopeless. It would be nice though. Still I don't think it's a must for anything on the horizon (at least which I can dream up)
PS: I could be wrong, but I think C++ is a subset of C#. Though many C++ type operations require special care with C#. I just don't see MS taking over the world with C#.