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Rust Decompiler Fission Splits IR into NIR and HIR for Clarity
Fission, a Rust-based decompiler workspace, separates its intermediate representation into NIR (low-level) and HIR (high-level) to balance correctness and readability. NIR preserves machine semantics, while HIR focuses on human-readable program structure. This design avoids early abstraction loss and simplifies pipeline reasoning.
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The NIR/HIR split is a pragmatic architectural choice that could influence how other decompilers handle the tension between fidelity and clarity.
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