Nope, not Fitzgerald & Long. The only decompiler I've heard of is the one from Gyle Iverson quoted in the OP.
Jeff Fitzgerald Fitzgerald & Long, Inc. www.fitzlong.com On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Tom Whitmore <tewhitm...@ratex.com> wrote: > I know there was a decompiler available. I don't remember if Lee Leitner > (Infocus) or Fitzgerald and Long were the resellers for this tool. I'll > try to dig up information on this but it would be great if Lee, Peggy or > Jeff could put their two cents in on this. > > Tom Whitmore > RATEX Business Solutions > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wally Terhune > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 8:18 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] PI/UV: Decompiler > > I don't know of any UniData UniBasic object code decompiler utilities. > Certainly none ever created by the UniData engineering team. > > Wally Terhune > Technical Support Engineer > Rocket Software > 4600 South Ulster Street, Suite 1100 **Denver, CO 80237 **USA > t: +1 720 475 8055 **e: wterh...@rocketsoftware.com **w: > rocketsoftware.com/u2 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 8:37 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] PI/UV: Decompiler > > Does anyone know how to find out more information about 'IBM's compiler'? > (see > http://www.mail-archive.com/u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org/msg10843.html ) > > Does anyone know where to locate a decompiler (or decompiler service) for > UNIBASIC (UNIDATA BASIC)? > > Does anyone know how to access the 'free decompiler that Universe > provides'? > *Why would I pay to use the SRS for my PI/open recovery when I can use the > free decompiler that UniVerse provides?* < > http://www.srs4uv.com/faq.htm#Why%20would%20I%20pay%20to%20use%20the%20SRS%20for%20my%20PI/open%20recovery%20when%20I%20can%20use%20the%20free%20decompiler%20that%20UniVerse%20provides > ?> > (see > http://www.srs4uv.com/faq.htm#Why%20would%20I%20pay%20to%20use%20the%20SRS%20for%20my%20PI/open%20recovery%20when%20I%20can%20use%20the%20free%20decompiler%20that%20UniVerse%20provides? > ) (or just see http://www.srs4uv.com/faq.htm and look for "*Why would I > pay to use the SRS for my PI/open recovery when I can use the free > decompiler that UniVerse provides?* < > http://www.srs4uv.com/faq.htm#Why%20would%20I%20pay%20to%20use%20the%20SRS%20for%20my%20PI/open%20recovery%20when%20I%20can%20use%20the%20free%20decompiler%20that%20UniVerse%20provides > ?>") > > Robert Norman > . > ROBERT NORMAN AND ASSOCIATES > Address: 23441 Golden Springs Dr., #289, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Phone : > 951/541-1668 Email :i...@keyway.net Website:http://users.keyway.net/~ice/ > [Affordable UNIVERSE programming services for PICK/BASIC, DATA/BASIC, > UniVerse Basic, UniBasic, R/BASIC, jBC] > > -----Original Message----- > > RE: [U2] PI/UV: Decompiler > > Gyle Iverson > Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:37:56 -0700 > > > <AD> > When you need to recover the BASIC source code for PI/open or UniVerse > systems, your ultimate source is found at www.srs4uv.com. The srs4uv team > has helped companies, government agencies and learning institutions around > the globe with their source recoveries for over 22 years. Many srs4uv > customers tried IBM's PI/open decompiler beforehand and seem amazed at how > easy the recovered programs are to read and maintain. > </AD> > > While the PI/open decompiler provided by IBM was a technically accurate > utility, the maintainability of their recovered source code leaves much to > be desired. IBM's decompiler failed to perform logical structure recovery, > the most important quality, as this impacts the long-term maintainability > of the programs. (There are other deficiencies with IBM's decompiler, such > as, maintainable common member naming, reversing equated variable > expressions, and recovering programs with certain internal-use statements. > Please contact me directly for additional information on these PI/open > recovery issues.) > > The logical structure for LOOP-REPEAT, FOR-NEXT and CASE statements, like > IF-THEN-ELSE statements, are translated by a BASIC compiler into > conditional and unconditional branch instructions. IBM's PI/open decompiler > took the lazy-mans approach to decompiling, returning conditional branches > as IF-THEN statements and unconditional branches as GOTO statements. As you > might imagine, IBM's results look like a pile of spaghetti code. The srs4uv > decompilers analyze the branch patterns to recover all of the high-level > logical structures, making the recovered source code look as good, if not > better, than the original source code. > > Best regards, > Gyle > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.srs4uv.com > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visithttp://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
