Re: HP-41CV "private" program Message #3 Posted by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina) on 20 Jan 2001, 9:16 a.m., in response to message #1 by Erik Wahlin
In previous threads here at the Museum, and (if memory helps) in the articles forum, there are explanations about Private programs and how to un-private a program so protected by accident. The idea of Private mode was to protect the program code from scrutiny, copying or alterations, while allowing full use of it. There are few other ways in which to protect code when the source code is loaded in RAM and interpreted at run time, as in a calculator. On a computer you may distribute compiled and linked executable code without risking the source code.
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