Strings is usually part of the binutils and since they are maintained by the Free Software Foundation and licensed under the GNU Public License, the source code is available here:
http://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git
or packages of version related snapshots here:
ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots
If you want to start with a general overview, try the Wikipedia page for binutils or this explanation of the toolchain (more a general description)
Answer from M-x on Stack OverflowStrings is usually part of the binutils and since they are maintained by the Free Software Foundation and licensed under the GNU Public License, the source code is available here:
http://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git
or packages of version related snapshots here:
ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots
If you want to start with a general overview, try the Wikipedia page for binutils or this explanation of the toolchain (more a general description)
Answer from M-x on Stack Overflow