What is a source code?

panzer 49th · 01-05-08, 11:45 PM

If someone could tell me please what exactly is the source code?

01-06-08, 12:24 AM

Its the stuff that once this community gets it - SH3 will become a true sub sim and a game that would knock your socks off.

panzer 49th · 01-06-08, 01:03 AM

very descriptive

I meant what is it like a bunch of numbers or what.

Blacklight · 01-06-08, 01:18 AM

Programming software is like this....
1. The programmer writes the program in one of the computer languages (IE..COBRA, C#, C++, JAVA...etc...) This is technically your "Source Code" and it's ususually written in a text file that can be read by Notepad or other text editor.

2.This program has to be "Compiled" into a language that the computer can understand. Once compiled, the text file (your program) is "coded" meaning that it's turned into a type of machine language. You can't open up and read the contents of the program in the file unless you have a "Decompiler" which decodes it. Try loading up a random executable file for a program in your computer. You will usually get a big pile of gibberish.

With the "Source code", anyone who knows the programming language used can decompile or decode the file or program itself, therefore turning it back into the original text file therefore, making the "core" program editable. Then it can be compiled again with any changes made.

A lot of time, software designers will use applications of their own design to construct software as well. In order to work with programs made this way, you will have to have a copy of the application that was used to make it or at least have knowledge of how to read/decode the application's code.

I'm sure there's others here who could give a more concise explanation, but this is how I understand it. There's probably a lot more to it than what I mentioned.

01-05-08, 11:45 PM	#1
panzer 49th Weps Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 361 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	What is a source code? If someone could tell me please what exactly is the source code? __________________

01-06-08, 12:24 AM	#2
Wave Skipper Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	its the stuff some here would give their left leg for Its the stuff that once this community gets it - SH3 will become a true sub sim and a game that would knock your socks off.

01-06-08, 01:03 AM	#3
panzer 49th Weps Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 361 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	very descriptive I meant what is it like a bunch of numbers or what. __________________

01-06-08, 01:18 AM	#4
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Programming software is like this.... 1. The programmer writes the program in one of the computer languages (IE..COBRA, C#, C++, JAVA...etc...) This is technically your "Source Code" and it's ususually written in a text file that can be read by Notepad or other text editor. 2.This program has to be "Compiled" into a language that the computer can understand. Once compiled, the text file (your program) is "coded" meaning that it's turned into a type of machine language. You can't open up and read the contents of the program in the file unless you have a "Decompiler" which decodes it. Try loading up a random executable file for a program in your computer. You will usually get a big pile of gibberish. With the "Source code", anyone who knows the programming language used can decompile or decode the file or program itself, therefore turning it back into the original text file therefore, making the "core" program editable. Then it can be compiled again with any changes made. A lot of time, software designers will use applications of their own design to construct software as well. In order to work with programs made this way, you will have to have a copy of the application that was used to make it or at least have knowledge of how to read/decode the application's code. I'm sure there's others here who could give a more concise explanation, but this is how I understand it. There's probably a lot more to it than what I mentioned. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"