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Mocha (decompiler)

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Java decompiler
Original author(s)Hanpeter van Vliet
Developer(s)Hanpeter van Vliet
Initial releaseJune 1996; 28 years ago (1996-06)
Final releasebeta 1 / June 16, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-06-16)
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformJava virtual machine
Typedecompiler
Licensefreeware
Websitewww.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/mocha/

Mocha is a Java decompiler, which allows programmers to translate a program's bytecode into source code.

A beta version of Mocha was released in 1996, by Dutch developer Hanpeter van Vliet, alongside an obfuscator named Crema. A controversy erupted and he temporarily withdrew Mocha from public distribution. As of 2009 the program is still available for distribution, and may be used freely as long as it is not modified. Borland's JBuilder includes a decompiler based on Mocha. Van Vliet's websites went offline as he died of cancer on December 31, 1996, at the age of 34.

See also

References

  1. ^ A Tercentennial, By Hanpeter van Vliet
  2. ^ Mocha pulled off the Net, August 27, 1996, By CNET News.com, Staff Writer

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