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From: sjoerd@vu44.UUCP (Sjoerd Mullender)
Newsgroups: net.sources
Subject: Re: Thompsons self duplicating program
Message-ID: <372@vu44.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 05:16:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31 05:16:39 1984
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We have been able to squeeze out 4 more bytes from the shortest
self reproducing program until now.  Here it is:

char*p="char*p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);

This one is 76 characters long.  Of course it does not end with a
newline.  If you play dirty, you can substitute 'int' for 'char*'
(if sizeof (int) == sizeof (char *)), or better still (but not with
the Ritchie C compiler), just delete 'char*'.
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			Sjoerd Mullender
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			Robbert van Renesse
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