The compiled code is all that is in the machine, often called machine code.
Machine code can be understood by people but it requires more than a passing familiarity with the instruction set of the CPU used in the machine in question and it takes a lot of time.
The source code could be compiled it to machine code, then compared with what is actually installed in the machine to see if they are the same. If they are not, then that source code wasn't used in that machine.
Without the source, you could compare the machine code between two machines to see if they are different.
A simple check is: Are they the same file size? If not, they were not created from the same source. If they are the same size, you can do a character (byte) by character comparison to see if they are the same.
The executable 'machine readable' code is on the machines. What you want is the source code that is maintained separately by the manufacturer. Typically you maintain configuration control of the source code by version. So its also important to know the exact version that is running on the machines so you get the right source code from dominion. No one puts source code on the operational machines/computers.
Source code is just text. You can only read it or compile it to make an executable program. Production servers run programs which actually do something. Source code is just plain text. 100% sure regular Dominion machines don’t have any source code. They simply have the executable already compiled binary files, which are not human readable.
Isn't the code also in Dominion machines??? They want to get rid of the machines now!
The compiled code is all that is in the machine, often called machine code.
Machine code can be understood by people but it requires more than a passing familiarity with the instruction set of the CPU used in the machine in question and it takes a lot of time.
The source code could be compiled it to machine code, then compared with what is actually installed in the machine to see if they are the same. If they are not, then that source code wasn't used in that machine.
Without the source, you could compare the machine code between two machines to see if they are different.
A simple check is: Are they the same file size? If not, they were not created from the same source. If they are the same size, you can do a character (byte) by character comparison to see if they are the same.
The executable 'machine readable' code is on the machines. What you want is the source code that is maintained separately by the manufacturer. Typically you maintain configuration control of the source code by version. So its also important to know the exact version that is running on the machines so you get the right source code from dominion. No one puts source code on the operational machines/computers.
Source code is just text. You can only read it or compile it to make an executable program. Production servers run programs which actually do something. Source code is just plain text. 100% sure regular Dominion machines don’t have any source code. They simply have the executable already compiled binary files, which are not human readable.