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- From: mayer@sono.uucp (Ronald &)
- Subject: Re: Small introspective program [The winner?]
- Message-ID: <MAYER.91Mar19131259@porky.sono.uucp>
- Date: 19 Mar 91 13:12:59
-
- Actually, this is the shortest introspective (at least using the
- definitions used in this thread) I've found. Can anyone do better:
-
- [189]porky:~%
- [189]porky:~% touch the_prog
- [190]porky:~% chmod +x the_prog
- [191]porky:~% the_prog > the_output
- [192]porky:~% diff the_prog the_output
- [193]porky:~% wc the_prog
- 0 0 0 the_prog
- [194]porky:~%
- [194]porky:~% ls -l the_prog
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 mayer 0 Mar 19 13:09 the_prog
-
- This executable null-file produces no output. Does this count?
- [BTW: what language is it using; I suspect it's a "sh" script, but I
- can't really tell.
- Note: similar versions exist for basic, lisp, and probably many other
- languages as well.]
-
- Ron Mayer
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