Write a program that, when run, will print out its source code. This source code, inWrite a program that, when run, will print out its source code. This source code, in turn, should compile and print out itself. turn, should compile and print out itself. :p
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Write a program that, when run, will print out its source code. This source code, inWrite a program that, when run, will print out its source code. This source code, in turn, should compile and print out itself. turn, should compile and print out itself. :p
Sounds like a virus to me... You won't find anyone to help you out with that here.
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Sounds like a virus to me... You won't find anyone to help you out with that here.
It's called a quine. They're completely harmless diversions.
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It's called a quine. They're completely harmless diversions.
If I understand the OP's intentions correctly, its not just a quine - the description looks to me as if it would be an infinite recursive loop, that would increasingly swallow more and more memory & HD space :
This source code, in turn, should compile and print out itself. turn, should compile and print out itself.
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If I understand the OP's intentions correctly, its not just a quine - the description looks to me as if it would be an infinite recursive loop, that would increasingly swallow more and more memory & HD space :
I think that was more of an awful copy and paste job than a part of the problem description. ;)
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I think that was more of an awful copy and paste job than a part of the problem description. ;)
Heh, quite possibly ;) its hard to tell with some people :)
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