docs: what Ghidra sees, and what it does not

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The README explains the two layers of an IBM i program (the MI or W-code template versus the encapsulated PowerPC AS machine code), why the recovered listing is the second layer only, what RMVOBS(*ALL) deletes and what that means for retained binaries and for the recovery tiers.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01HPdKaFBKQVs8hzfgXMrnwV

The README explains the two layers of an IBM i program (the MI or W-code template versus the encapsulated PowerPC AS machine code), why the recovered listing is the second layer only, what RMVOBS(*ALL) deletes and what that means for retained binaries and for the recovery tiers. https://claude.ai/code/session_01HPdKaFBKQVs8hzfgXMrnwV

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The README explains the two layers of an IBM i program: the MI or W-code
template that the compilers emit and the encapsulated PowerPC AS machine
code that the Licensed Internal Code translator stores next to it. The
recovered listing is the second layer only; creation data (observability)
is the first, and RMVOBS(*ALL) deletes it, which binds the object to the
current hardware generation and release. Observable objects carry their
debug views and names and are probed before Ghidra; retained binaries are
not portable, so a reconstruction is the only durable form.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01HPdKaFBKQVs8hzfgXMrnwV

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