I want to purchase software for on-line dating. Some programs come with 'source codes', some say you can purchase the codes separtately and others don't mention them at all.
Are they important to have and needed to run the programs?
Thanks!
2006-11-01 06:34:13 · 6 answers · asked by ~CountryGirl~ 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Source code is one of the first steps into creating a program.
It basically contains the idea of what you want the computer to do. To become a program, the computer takes your source code via the programming language it is written. This is very important since each programming language has rules and ways on how to express yourself so the computer can understand you (semantics and syntax). Particularly it becomes a program with a tool included within the programming language itself that is called a compiler. A compiler is basically the bridge to go through from your source code to the actual program. It takes all those orders you gave it on the source code, translates them in a way the computer can understand it and makes the program out of all that.
Notice however, that the source is not exactly necessary to run a program unless you want to make modifications to it later and start all the process again so the program could work with the exact changes.
That is why you can see that some programs are compatible on some computers and others not as all the computer internals are recorded during the compilation process.
2006-11-01 06:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by Izzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Source code is the raw programming code used in the design of the program. This can be any of the various computer languages. You don't need it in order to use a program, but, it is helpful if you want to tweak it to meet your specifications. Ofcourse, you'll also need to know how to program and how to compile your changes into a new executable file.
2006-11-01 06:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by iuneedscoachknight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Source codes are the program which is behind the software.
If you have the source code also(although its expensive) you can later fiddle with the software and get to know the functionality of the s/w. basically if u dont know what source code is........i would suggest buy with out the source code.
2006-11-01 06:37:56 · answer #3 · answered by zombie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Source code is that which runs the programs in computer. Source code are written in languages like Java, VB, .Net, PHP etc...They are interpreted and compiled into machine readable code. When this code is run your machine/computer, according to the Source code it was written in.
In other words, source code is what makes computer programs run.
2006-11-01 06:37:44 · answer #4 · answered by Self Believer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
source code would allow you to modify how the software works,
If you know a programmer they can help you make those changes - provided that they know the langauge that source code was written in.
Feel free to email me with specific questions in this regards if you need more assistance, I've been a programmer for over 5 years.
2006-11-01 06:38:08 · answer #5 · answered by irishtek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code
2006-11-01 06:39:07 · answer #6 · answered by dsd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋