The first programs were written in binary/hexadecimal, and only later did we invent coding languages to convert between human readable code and binary machine code.
So why can’t we just do the same thing in reverse? I hear a lot about devices from audio streaming to footware rendered useless by abandonware. Couldn’t a very smart person (or AI) just take the existing program and turn it into code?
So after reading through the answers…could compilation be used as a form of encryption?
No, because it would not be possible to retrieve the original information.
Hardest part is its a lossy ‘encoder’ which the parts lost are the human readable part