Defining 'preferred form for making modifications'

["J.D. Hood" <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>]

I suggest that the definition of 'preferred form for
making modifications' be information-theoretical.

When source code is compiled into binary code there is a
loss of information, as indicated by the fact that you
cannot get the original source back, given only the binary
code.

On the other hand, if there is a set of different forms
each of which is convertible into the others by means of
freely available tools then any member of the set is as
good as any other.

--
Thomas Hood

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