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Re:Radiation-hardened Quine: A quine that works after any on... by tedunangst on Friday June 02, 2023 @03:40PM (#36169846)
> This tag is for challenges which require answers to still work when a random edit to the source code is made.

What if my random edit is to add a character?

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Re:Radiation-hardened Quine: A quine that works after any on... by jonahx on Friday June 02, 2023 @04:51PM (#36170582)
Possible -- depends on the rules of the specific challenge. Most of the time it's edits, deletes, or some combination. Sometimes the score depends on how many edits your code can withstand.
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