On 6-2-2013 20:30, Kenneth wrote:
> Not how to 'understand' source code ;-)
>
> Just wondering what kind of little Windows app I could download to actually
> *see* (take a look at) the source code for a program (well, one that has
> publicly-available source code, anyway--like POV-Ray.) I've never thought of
> doing so before now, and don't know what's involved. Not to EDIT the stuff, or
> compile/recompile it; that's way beyond me.
>
>  From what I've read, some 'text' editors can do this. Or would it require a 'hex
> editor'?  Or perhaps something like Notepad++, which apparently can open and
> display programs written in C, C++ etc?
>
> What I would basically like to do is see the code the way the original developer
> saw it, while writing it (in whatever programming language that happened to be.)
> I might even learn a few things!
>

An interesting read might also be 
http://www.amazon.com/Computers-Typesetting-Volume-TeX-Program/dp/0201134373/
That is the complete Source code of TeX, fully documented and typeset 
in... TeX and published as a book.

But perhaps first look it up in your local university library.

    Andrel

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