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== Study ==
== Reverse engineering ==


Many attempts have been made throughout history to study the internals of this client.
Many attempts have been made throughout history to study the internals of this client.


To consolidate and refine our collective understanding into a monolithic, usable reverse-engineering package, [[Thunderbrew:Binana|Binana]], a repository of symbol databases and C headers, was created.
To consolidate and refine our collective understanding, a single reverse engineering repository called [[Thunderbrew:binana|binana]] was invented.


=== Compiler ===
=== Compiler ===


For Windows, the client was known to be compiled using the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler {{Which version?}}
For Windows, the client was known to be compiled using the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler (VS2005, build 50727).


For the [[WoW:Mac OS X port|Mac OS X port]], the XCode version of GCC was used.
For the [[WoW:Mac OS X port|Mac OS X port]], the XCode version of GCC was used.
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* libexpat - Used to parse XML, commonly used in GlueXML and FrameXML
* libexpat - Used to parse XML, commonly used in GlueXML and FrameXML
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Libraries
|-
! Library !! Version !! Author !! Description !! Depends on
|-
| [[Blizzard Entertainment:BlizzardCore|BlizzardCore]] || ? || [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] || || None
|-
| [[Blizzard Entertainment:Storm|Storm]] || ? || [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] || || [[Blizzard Entertainment:BlizzardCore|BlizzardCore]]
|-
| [[Blizzard Entertainment:Tempest|Tempest]] || ? || [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] || 3D arithmetic classes and routines || [[Blizzard Entertainment:Storm|Storm]]
|-
| [[Firelight Technologies:FMOD|FMOD]] || ? || [[Firelight Technologies]] || 3D sound effects library || None
|-
| [[Lua|Lua]] || 5.1.1 || Roberto Ierusalimschy with various modifications by [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] || Embedded script/programming language || None
|-
| FreeType || ? || The FreeType Project || Font rasterization library || None
|}


== Software that supports 3.3.5a ==
== Software that supports 3.3.5a ==