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Re: Quine Relay

#31

Post by Axsuul » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:19 PM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #24

This is really cool. Considering installing Ubuntu to give it a try (don't think I could be bothered trying to get all those packages manually).

Someone should create a vagrant box for this.

Re: Quine Relay

#32

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:21 PM UTC

tome wrote: post #20

quchen wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a) The author is Jewish b) It's semantically relevant (Probably the latter. Same goes for the typo in the copyright notice in the end.)

I did consider a) but I'm pretty sure "Yusuke Endoh" is not Jewish.

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Re: Quine Relay

#33

Post by mrwnmonm » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:23 PM UTC

why did you choose that order, is there a reason for it?

Re: Quine Relay

#34

Post by epidemian » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:24 PM UTC

polemic wrote: post #21

epidemian wrote: post #13

Fascinating. Even the README generator is on another level of meta: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay/blob/master/src/README.m...

And: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay/blob/master/QR.rb This project isn't code, it's art. Edit: Heh, Brainfuck, Whitespace, Logo... and notice they're all in alphabetical order?

And there are interpreter implementations for both Whitespace and Unlambda.

There's even a Rake task to generate a Makefile that runs all the 50 multiquines and uses the dependency tracking of make to determine the order of execution instead of running the 50 commands one after the other in the same rule.

It's like everything in this project is incredibly elegant and self-referential.

Re: Quine Relay

#35

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:24 PM UTC

quchen wrote: post #3

In case someone is able to run this beast, I'd appreciate an upload of the intermediate source files.

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Re: Quine Relay

#36

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:25 PM UTC

polemic wrote: post #21

epidemian wrote: post #13

Fascinating. Even the README generator is on another level of meta: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay/blob/master/src/README.m...

And: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay/blob/master/QR.rb This project isn't code, it's art. Edit: Heh, Brainfuck, Whitespace, Logo... and notice they're all in alphabetical order?

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Re: Quine Relay

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Post by Sealy » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:30 PM UTC

eksith wrote: post #7

GuiA wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry, how is that sad?

Indeed. That's a transmutation circle of awesome.

I think he's referring to the relative uselessness of the code. Yes it would have taken a lot of time, talent and intellect to produce but from what I understand is of relatively little use?

Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?

Re: Quine Relay

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Post by hnriot » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:30 PM UTC

GuiA wrote: post #4

RyanZAG wrote: post #2

That is both the most incredible thing I've ever seen, yet also by far the saddest thing I've ever seen. Props to the author for taking dedication to a whole new level. Link to a description of what this actually is: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay

I'm sorry, how is that sad?

possibly that someone clearly very smart wasted his/her intellect doing this, rather than advancing the species by curing obesity, heart disease and cancer?

Re: Quine Relay

#39

Post by wiredfool » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:32 PM UTC

terabytest wrote: post #14

Anyone care to explain how this actually works?

I thought I understood recursion, but apparently I need to understand recursion first.

Re: Quine Relay

#40

Post by srin » Mon, Jul 15, 2013, 11:35 PM UTC

mrwnmonm wrote: post #33

why did you choose that order, is there a reason for it?

I think it's just alphabetical, so no particular path through the languages that he saw as easier/harder