Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!hubcap!steve From: steve@hubcap.UUCP (Dennis Stevenson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Problems needed! Message-ID: <222@hubcap.UUCP> Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 08:43:36 EDT Article-I.D.: hubcap.222 Posted: Fri Jun 26 08:43:36 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 08:47:20 EDT References: <9819@duke.cs.duke.edu> <6835@beta.UUCP> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 7 Summary: Self reproducing is a requirement - good exercise for grads The problem of writing a program which writes a copy of itself is a fundamental concept in computability. For your theory classes, let them try for each language. You'll separate the wheat from the chaff really quickly. Steve