Re: Shortest quine in D
On 04/26/2017 11:37 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:15:32AM +, Jon Degenhardt via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
On Wednesday, 26 April 2017 at 23:19:32 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
--hello.d:--
import std.stdio;void main(){write(import("hello.d"));}
Thanks to string imports, quines in D are actually trivial. :-D
And on that note, an actual cheating quine for D would be the blank .d
file: because compiling with dmd -main produces an executable that
writes no output (i.e., output of length zero, identical to the source
code).
Finally, our killer app!!! :)
Re: Shortest quine in D
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:15:32AM +, Jon Degenhardt via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 April 2017 at 23:19:32 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > --hello.d:--
> > import std.stdio;void main(){write(import("hello.d"));}
> >
> >
> > Thanks to string imports, quines in D are actually trivial. :-D
> >
> >
> > T
>
> :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_(computing)#.22Cheating.22_quines
Technically, the *program* itself takes no input, because string imports
happen at compile-time, and the program's source is in fact embedded in
the executable, not read at runtime. So technically it's not cheating.
:-P
But of course, it's in the "spirit of cheating" because it actually
avoids the insight that comes with actually writing a quine without
using string imports.
And on that note, an actual cheating quine for D would be the blank .d
file: because compiling with dmd -main produces an executable that
writes no output (i.e., output of length zero, identical to the source
code).
T
--
If creativity is stifled by rigid discipline, then it is not true creativity.
Re: Shortest quine in D
On 04/26/2017 04:48 PM, Stefan Koch wrote:
On Wednesday, 26 April 2017 at 23:19:32 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
--hello.d:--
import std.stdio;void main(){write(import("hello.d"));}
Thanks to string imports, quines in D are actually trivial. :-D
T
use __FILE__
to make it a little more portable
Or a single letter source file to make it shorter. :p
Ali
Re: Shortest quine in D
On Wednesday, 26 April 2017 at 23:19:32 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
--hello.d:--
import std.stdio;void main(){write(import("hello.d"));}
Thanks to string imports, quines in D are actually trivial. :-D
T
:)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_(computing)#.22Cheating.22_quines
Re: Shortest quine in D
On Wednesday, 26 April 2017 at 23:19:32 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
--hello.d:--
import std.stdio;void main(){write(import("hello.d"));}
Thanks to string imports, quines in D are actually trivial. :-D
T
use __FILE__
to make it a little more portable
Shortest quine in D
--hello.d:--
import std.stdio;void main(){write(import("hello.d"));}
Thanks to string imports, quines in D are actually trivial. :-D
T
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Knowledge is that area of ignorance that we arrange and classify. -- Ambrose
Bierce
