self reproducing program

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My favorite short self-reproducing (but not too portable) program is this:

main(){char q=34,n=10,*a="main(){char q=34,n=10,*a=%c%s%c;printf(a,q,a,q,n);}%c";printf(a,q,a,q,n);}

This is all one line.  There *must* be a newline at the end, or the C compiler
(usually) barfs.

I can't take credit for this one, but I don't remember where I got it.

Randal L. Schwartz
Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products
Beaverton, Oregon, USA

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