RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Languages and reverse-engineerability

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Edington [mailto:ledington@...]
>However, there is a SERIOUS problem with Delphi and C++ Builder everyone
>needs to be aware of.
>
>While it is a true compiler where Visual Basic is not a true compiler,
>Delphi / C++ Builder
>leaves a LOT of tokens in the executable that can easily be used by a hacker
>to understand
>the internals of your program.
>...
>My advise for a commercial release is to bite the bullet and use MS VC++. I
>don't like it but it's more secure
>than the competition. I just wish Microsoft would build the ease of use into
>VC++ that Delphi has.

I fail to understand what these "tokens" are to which you are referring, nor do
I see why a BC++ program should be any less "secure" (even in the vague sense of
the word use here) than a VC++ program. Perhaps you could elaborate on this a
bit...

It isn't that I disagree with the fact that no program is secure against a
sufficiently determined and/or funded attack. I just don't understand what the
choice of compiler vendors has to do with it (given all else equal).
-Kevin