Re: Writing own source disk

Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:

On 04/06/2024 14:33, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:
 

On 03/06/2024 14:47, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 12:54:17 +0100
Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> wrote:
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Writing a prgram which writes its own source to standard output is a
standard programming problem. It's called a quine.

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Is it named after Willard Van Orman Quine?

In honour of rather than after since "after" is usually used for
discoverers.  It was Douglas Hofstadter who coined the term.
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/* source for a quine */

There seems to be loads missing.  How big it the program when it's all
there or, since it's a quine, what is the size of text it outputs?
 

Yes. Tht's the heart of it.
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I'll start a quine project.

I am just more confused now.  Presumably that does not matter since I
don't think you need me to know what's going on.  And I am pretty sure
that whatever purpose your quine serves, it is intended to benefit users
who are not at all like me.

--
Ben.