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[Matthias Melcher]

Oh, I have details. So when debugging code that was not meant to debug, the disassembler refuses to do its job to protect the code. "becausePeterSaidSo" is a hidden switch that tell the debugger to work on code that is not meant to be debugged. So it's a classic back door, presumably writte by Peter. ;-)

> On 25. Sep 2026, at 16:32, Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de> wrote:
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> When looking at the source code of the NS Debugger, one function disassembles the Newton ByteCode. One argument to the disassembler is 'becausePeterSaidSo . I don't know the exact context, but this is not the first time I find "programmer humor".
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