Mighty Quine

tog · Post by **tog** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:13 pm

Funny, this is *exactly* the solution that I also got. Nice! Maybe this hints at the lower limit for this challenge? I think the 75-solution is impossible (unless we find a smart way to turn a 77* into a 56).

tails · Post by **tails** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:29 pm

... or we find a code in which the first loop begins with "1" or "9"?

tog · Post by **tog** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:18 pm

It's fine if the first loop starts with "6". The problem is the 8 that follows...

But I don't see how you would replicate the 1 resp. 9 (I guess you would somehow take it from the front)?

tails · Post by **tails** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:47 pm

We can carry 49 to the second loop, so I thought we could use it to print "1" as it is, or "9" with 49*9.

I guess your idea for "6" is like this:

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939245817163317267424791639257425313194742374163086*^0^p772^2?*c1^3+9*+P1?$

This 75 length code prints itself except for the difference of one character.

tog · Post by **tog** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:15 pm

tails wrote:"9" with 49*9.

Oh, very nice! Haven't thought of that! What a pity that we don't need 69* but 68*. Again - one off

tails wrote: I guess your idea for "6" is like this.

Yes, that's what I thought of. I even got that damn 'a'

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:46 pm

First I added a useless instruction to my quine of length 81 to get it work, which was very similar to the shortest quine by tails and tog. However, this instruction can be omitted. So, the new mighty one to beat is 80 instructions long.

@adum: Could you shrink the limit of the challenge, please?

Post by **adum** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:02 pm

nice! new challenge created

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:11 pm

Thanks.

Hippo · Post by **Hippo** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:36 pm

Hmmm, I have stepped from 82 directly to 80 ...