josh@cs.rutgers.edu (03/09/91)
Update on the progress of the Self Reproducing Program Contest:
8 entries received so far, including Lisp, C, Fortran and Basic!
I've already gotten 3 copies of
main(){char*p="main(){char*p=%c%s%c;printf(p,34,p,34);}";printf(p,34,p,34);}
so far-- it seems to be a self-reproducing program in more than one
sense of the words!
--JoSH
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