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Re:A Quine Puzzle by mattdodge on Monday July 20, 2015 @07:18PM (#9919723)
This is the shortest one of the solutions so far. Wonder if it's the shortest possible? (Other than empty = empty)
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Re:A Quine Puzzle by spacehome on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @06:13PM (#9926244)
Yes. It is the unique shortest possible solution if you allow for a repeat at the beginning. OTOH if you disallow starting with a REPEAT, the shortest is length 10.
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Re:A Quine Puzzle by daveloyall on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @10:35AM (#9922519)
Hm. Well, it was the first quine I arrived at. No special effort was made to make it short.
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