in reply to Proliferating Pretty Polyominos with the Power of Perl

Another node is my Pentominos Solving Quine. While this is an obfuscation entry, the methods are quite straightforward and you can read the unobfuscated, thoroughly documented version at http://halley.cc/ed/linux/scripts/quine.html and http://halley.cc/ed/linux/scripts/quine.orig.

You should be able to build on the basic code to support other shapes, though it may take a little work to see how, at first.

Have fun with it.

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Re: Re: Proliferating Pretty Polyominos with the Power of Perl
by dimar (Curate) on May 20, 2004 at 23:46 UTC

    Yes. Your page came up in a search using my new-found arsenal of Concept-Equivalent Synonym Keywords(TM) from the first response. What an amazing feat! There are many many many 'neat ideas' in there (a pitiful understatement of one who sees but a mere glimpse, to be sure).

    though it may take a little work to see how, at first.

    I'll say. It is eerily reminiscent of Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. by Douglas R. Hofstadter -- many levels of meaning and creativity all bundled into quite an impressive and noteworthy accomplishment. So, *applause*.

    Respectfully submitted