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Probably because writing disassemblers is a pain in the ass. (I have a half-finished x86 disassembler written in JavaScript: https://github.com/luser/disasmx86.js )



Not any disassembler, just x86 disassembly. The Opcode + Mod/Rm + SIB combinations is just insane.




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