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hoseja
on Sept 9, 2024
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A tiny self-remaking C program
Is the linked example a quine or something else? It's a quine, right?
mananaysiempre
on Sept 9, 2024
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TFA? No, it’s a C / Bourne shell polyglot where the shell part compiles and runs the C part. I’ve also used this technique when I needed to post self-contained examples (e.g. to mailing lists), but I don’t know if people actually appreciated it.
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