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		shiranaihito on Nov 17, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN : Which should I learn : C# or Java Java class files can be decompiled, but is it really a cause for concern? At least someone has to go out of their way to decompile your stuff.

SapphireSun on Nov 19, 2008 [–]

I suppose. What we really want to do is make it so that if someone cracks it and posts it on thepiratebay or something that someone will need to consciously need to run a keygen program or something so they at least recognize they were supposed to get it from a more official source.

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