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Does a binary executable have to have some critical plain-text components?

When companies package binary executables, they are often encrypted, compressed, scrambled, and otherwise made so that your lazy hacker can't simply open the program up in Notepad++ and see the code. ...
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Encryption and compression of Data

If we want both encryption and compression during transmission then what will be the most preferable order. Encrypt then compress Compress then encrypt