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From: hirai@swatsun (Eiji "A.G." Hirai)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: self-replicating programs?
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Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 21:03:29 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 21 21:03:29 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Nov-87 06:09:19 EST
Organization: Sun Lab, Swarthmore College PA
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Summary: help, please send some codes! <sob>

Hi:

	In our recent ACM programming contest (regionals), one of the
problems was to write a self-replicating program.  That is, we had to
write a program whose output was itself, the source code.  No alterations
of the original code during execution was allowed (I think).

	Does anyone have any code for this problem?  We have one but
it looks inelegant.  I've also see bery bery short Prolog code for this.
Help, we are looking for good codes to study!  And yes, the contest is
over (we ain't cheating).

	Oh thank you so much!

						-ag hirai
						eagerly waiting at
						my email box...
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