POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : How to read source code? : Re: How to read source code? Server Time
28 Jul 2024 20:24:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: How to read source code?  
From: Kenneth
Date: 6 Feb 2013 19:10:00
Message: <web.5112f011f5f10c30c2d977c20@news.povray.org>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

>
> > Off-off-topic: While I was doing my research into this stuff, I read about
> > 'hex editors.' Apparently they can open an executable (.exe) file for
> > editing?? (Not in a higher-level language, of course.)
>
> Uh... yes, but such procedure is /not/ recommended in the least. With a
> hex editor, you can visualize (and manipulate) the /true/ content of
> /any/ file, byte by byte.

Sounds dangerous (in MANY ways)...especially in my neophyte hands! ;-)


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