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		nicoburns on July 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Whole of WordPress Compiled to .NET Core and a... Why would you start with a decompiled binary when the source code is available?

kxkckic on July 4, 2018 | [2 more]

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voltagex_ on July 4, 2018 | | [–]

Don't be like that.

https://www.peachpie.io/ - the live demo shows that it compiles to IL which yes, could be decompiled as a starting point of you wanted to extend it in C# (or VB.NET) instead of working in PHP.

gaius on July 4, 2018 | [–]

Because then you don’t need to look at the source code

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