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In article <4fd245b6$1@news.usenet4you.net>, you@your.domain says...
> 
> Hello
> 
> it is possible to decompile a program to c?

Yes.

It is not possible to decompile all programs from executable code into 
C.

It has been demonstrated that a generic decompiler is equivalent to 
solving the halting problem.

All that having been said, there are decompilers that do a pretty good 
job for special cases (e.g., assuming a certain operating system and 
limited set of source compilers and a few other preconditions).

For example:
http://www.hex-rays.com/products/decompiler/index.shtml

However, the C code generated will not be spectacularly better than just 
tracing through the assembly language to see what is going on.

HTH

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  Re: decompile gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2012-06-08 18:48 +0000
    Re: decompile "Rowan K. Fullack III" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-06-09 19:03 +0000
  Re: decompile James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-06-08 14:53 -0400
  Re: decompile Jean-Christophe <5.d@free.fr> - 2012-06-08 12:00 -0700
  Re: decompile Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-08 14:15 -0700
    Re: decompile Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-08 17:38 -0400
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  Re: decompile Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-06-09 10:47 -0400
    Re: decompile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-09 19:10 +0100
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  Re: decompile Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-09 08:26 -0700
    Re: decompile gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 02:01 -0700
  Re: decompile "Fred" <you@your.domain> - 2012-06-09 20:43 +0200
    Re: decompile Jean-Christophe <5.d@free.fr> - 2012-06-09 13:09 -0700
      Re: decompile Sorry you're right "Fred" <you@your.domain> - 2012-06-09 23:12 +0200
  Re: decompile John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 07:53 -0700
  Re: decompile Michael Angelo Ravera <maravera@prodigy.net> - 2012-06-13 13:20 -0700
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