Why must a program be decompiled before viewing its code? If the computer is running the program, shouldn’t we be able to see what it’s running?

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Why must a program be decompiled before viewing its code? If the computer is running the program, shouldn’t we be able to see what it’s running?

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The computer doesn’t run something humans can read. Decompiling turns this so-called machine code back into human readable form.

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