>>>>> "CD" == Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  CD> On Sep 19, 2006, at 6:12 AM, Bart Lateur wrote:
  >> open 0 and print readline 0

  CD> That's very cool!  But, according to the Wikipedia definition it's
  CD> not a quine:

  CD>    "Note that programs which take input are not considered quines."
  CD>      -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine

and beyond that, reading and printing the source file of the script
isn't quining either. the goal is for a self-contained program to print
its source. so usually the quine source has to be generated on the fly
using some nasty tricks.

uri

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