in reply to Re: Re: Self Referential Code
in thread Self Referential Code

I wish I could claim the credit for it, but that goes squarely to len.

It was just one of the first things I saw when I came here, and so sticks in my mind. Damdest thing I ever saw in code.

Well It's better than the Abottoire, but Yorkshire!

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Self Referential Code
by /dev/null (Chaplain) on Sep 08, 2002 at 11:46 UTC
    Len inspired a response from Douglas Hofstadter. 

    -----Original Message-----
From: Don<omitted> [mailto:drecking(at)comcast(dot)net] 
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 10:47 PM
To: 'dughof(at)cogsci(dot)indiana(dot)edu'
Subject: Interesting quine.....

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    I know you’ve probably seen many of these, but I found this wonderful Perl quine and I thought you would enjoy it. 

    -----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Hofstadter [mailto:dughof(at)cs(dot)indiana(dot)edu] 
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 12:38 AM
To: Don<omitted>
Subject: Re: Interesting quine.....

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    Dear Mr. <omitted>,
    As a matter of fact, I've never run into a self-replicating program that had an interesting shape, let alone such a pretty spiral. So thanks for sending it along.

    All the best,
    Douglas Hofstadter.
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