Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!nanotech From: josh@cs.rutgers.edu Newsgroups: sci.nanotech Subject: Software memes Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 21:57:39 GMT Sender: nanotech@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 19 Approved: nanotech@aramis.rutgers.edu Update on the progress of the Self Reproducing Program Contest: 8 entries received so far, including Lisp, C, Fortran and Basic! I've already gotten 3 copies of main(){char*p="main(){char*p=%c%s%c;printf(p,34,p,34);}";printf(p,34,p,34);} so far-- it seems to be a self-reproducing program in more than one sense of the words! --JoSH ps on another subject: *Please* make sure that messages submitted for distribution have Subject: lines. Sometimes I fail to notice that one is missing, and the Netnews software has a propensity to discard those messages. I do add a Subject: when I notice, but sometimes I miss it.