Find out how source code is compiled for different programming languages and computer architectures, including the evolution from FORTRAN to CLR and JIT compilers.

Renegade's Random Tech weblog has a simple how-to for converting batch or .VBS scripts into executable forms using a lesser-known Windows program called IExpress.

Instead of fixing the source code, it appears that the company's developers made a series of careful changes directly to the buggy program's executable file.