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Obligatory Quine Challenge

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Rules

Using your language of choice, golf a quine.

A quine is a non-empty computer program which takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output.

No cheating -- that means that you can't just read the source file and print it. Also, in many languages, an empty file is also a quine: that isn't considered a legit quine either.

Additionally, your quine may not consist of only one data section. This includes HTML programs without tags (thus only printing their source), and the Golfscript program 1.

Scoring

The shortest program in bytes wins. Trailing newlines must be counted if your program outputs one.

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posted almost 6 years ago
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Razetime‭ wrote almost 6 years ago
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Might wanna change the name to something better, just sayin'

Moshi‭ wrote almost 6 years ago · edited almost 6 years ago
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"that means that you can't just read the source file and print it"

Does JavaScript "toString()" count as reading the source file?

manassehkatz‭ wrote almost 6 years ago
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I posted a PHP simplistic answer that was rejected based on a reference to SE rules. Can we get those rules (a) at a minimum linked inside this question (the only link is to a Wikipedia definition, which since Wikipedia can change beyond our control is not definitive) and (b) preferably spell out all the rules somewhere on Codidact (Meta to start, eventually a Help/FAQ page). And if that info. is already on Codidact, include a link here.

lyxal‭ wrote almost 6 years ago
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I've asked a meta question regarding whether or not we should import the FAQ questions from SE, which includes a comprehensive definition of a valid quine.

Jo King‭ wrote almost 6 years ago
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I was also thinking of reposting the quine question, but you beat me to it. One thing that I was thinking of changing was to allow function submissions, which would let some answers be somewhat distinct from the old question.