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Reverse Engineering Large Software Projects?

stalebread queries: "Me and a team of other students have been tasked with reverse engineering a massive C/C++ (mostly C) computer game of about half a million lines. We have most of the source, but no clue of how to approach a task of this magnitude. Anyone have suggestions of programs, or techniques we could use to understand the structure of the game?"

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  1. If you already have the source... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...why are you trying to reverse engineer? Why not read the source as is? More importantly, you are a raging faggott brown nigger trying to steal american jobs. If you have to ask slashdot, you are NOT QUALIFIED for the job. Rot in your shit stained country, idiot.

  2. IMPORTANT!!! MOD THIS UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Me and a team of other students have been tasked

    "I and a team of other students" or "I, along with a team of other students,".

    Anyone have suggestions

    "Does anyone have suggestions".

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