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Quines: self-replicating programs (2005)
A “ quine ” (or “ selfrep ”) is a computer program which prints its own listing. This may sound either impossible, or trivial, or completely uninteresting, depending on your temper and your knowledge of computer science. Actually, it is possible, and there are some interesting ideas involved (in particular, writing a…
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Software EngineeringMath & Algorithms2020
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2020 | Quines: self-replicating programs (2005) by lelf | 71 | 28 |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Quines (Self-Replicating Programs) by lifthrasiir | 66 | 20 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 12 Hacker News comments by 11 different people, from Dec 2010 to Feb 2023.
Most recent:
- lukko · Feb 26, 2023
- pyinstallwoes · Dec 4, 2022
- anyfoo · Apr 7, 2022
- ffhhj · Jan 11, 2022
- lifthrasiir · Jan 11, 2022
- anyfoo · Jul 9, 2021
