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From: hoey@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL (Dan Hoey)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
Subject: Automatic programming
Message-ID: <8810121743.AA19260@aic.nrl.navy.mil>
Date: 12 Oct 88 17:43:58 GMT
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My favorite version of the LAMBDA self-reproducer is

((LAMBDA (LAMBDA) `(,LAMBDA ',LAMBDA))
 '(LAMBDA (LAMBDA) `(,LAMBDA ',LAMBDA)))

though SCHEMErs will have to forgo the pun.  There is also

(format t "~A~:*~S)" "(format t \"~A~:*~S)\" ")

Dan