Thanks to the #c23 #embed macro, I may have written the world's shortest #quine.
```c
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){puts((char[]){
#embed"q.c"
,0});}
```
(I doubt that I'm the first to do this)
We just need to politely ignore the extra `\n` injected by `puts`. Otherwise, replace `puts` with `printf`.

Have you ever thought of quines in programming?

#quine #programming

Quine is a philosophy.
If we would think of them from the mathematical side, they're like system which breaks Gödel's theorem about incompleteness.

The system creates itself with its axioms without external help.

Is it wonderful?

#math #quine #godel #axiom #theorem #philosophy

Quine is not only a cornerstone of computer viruses, backdoors, worms, and other insects.

#quine #virus #backdoor #worm #insect #programming

An image of made of python code written from to bottom, fading from purple to orange to yellow, each line along a random overlapping curve hanging from the top of the image like an upside-down fire.

Very similar to my interpretation of last year's Genuary 3 "42 Lines of Code" (link below), this code is a "Quine" that outputs itself into a stylized image using SVG curves and gradients.

universeodon.com/@codeismycanvas/11376556...

#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary11 #quine #svg

#Genuary11 - Quine

Following the general Quine structure for JavaScript, the output string is sampled to create a layered background. The string is also drawn as a somewhat self avoiding path.

#genuary #p5js #quine

MessyQuines

#Genuary #Genuary2026 #creativecoding #Genuary11 #electronicliterature #poem #quine

Video: youtu.be/nrUZabVzmgM

Blog: blog.illestpreacha.com/genuary2026q...

Coded in #p5js

#visualpoem #animation #poetry

The Relevance of Professor Quine - ABC listen In 2000, when the distinguished American philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine died at the age of 94, The Times of London published a respectful obituary. A few days later, one of the paper's own column...

Alan Saunders: Is the dichotomy of analytic and synthetic statements just a game with words? No, I think it isn't. Words are, for the most part, what we think with and a problem with words is our problem with our picture of the world.

#Quine
#AlanSaunders
#ThePhilosophersZone

Abstract looking dark sketchy image overlays source code of a quine

I don't know why I combined these.

#quine #java #genuary #creativecoding #processing #postprocessed #abstractart

A source code listing of the program that made the image

I couldn't help but peek at the #genuary prompts for this year and saw that Jan 11 is to write a quine. I've already done that!

I hope this is correct, it's updated from a few years ago when I wrote it targeted at a *much* smaller resolution.

#quine #java #genuary #creativecoding #processing

1 Ran into this quote in #Quiddities by Willard Van Orman #Quine while checking out a reference in a Bluesky convo. (Note the period after “as well” should be a comma.) Set me thinking: should the revelation of the Wizard of 0z’s true identity be considered a “let down”? 🧵

The Law-German wird fer “quine“ wad be "Deern".

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#DoricWordOfTheDay by Doric Books: #quine (girl, young woman)
#WriteInScots #Doric #Scots

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Worth noting: there is already a Rockstar quine, and it's actually quite pretty, as are most Rockstar programs.

```the world is a sea
burn the world in fire
the song says shout "the world is a sea" with fire, "burn the world in fire", fire, "the song says " with the song, and fire with the song […]

I should write a quine in Rockstar that actually outputs itself in reverse, i.e. a quine that only works via back-masking.

Did you know W.V. Quine's *indeterminacy of translation* theory rocked linguistics? It challenged the very idea of meaning being fixed, sparking debates on language & culture (Word and Object). A must-read for philosophy buffs! (Q2918354) #Quine #Linguistics #Philosophy

Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman #Quine
“The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.”
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
fivebooks.com/people/willa...
fivebooks.com/people/willa...

Interestingly #Quine sounds like #James... 😝

W.V.O. #Quine born this date in 1908. "Analyze theory-building how we will, we all must start in the middle. Our conceptual firsts are middle-sized, middle-distanced objects, and our introduction to them & to everything comes midway in the cultural evolution of the race." #philosophy buff.ly/Bj71sIh

Joder, menos mates y las filosofía. #Quine ven a mí.

Substance Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Substance

Oh boy, they're apparently still talking about #substance, as if #Russell, #Carnap, #Quine, Donald #Davidson never 'existed' ;-)
Admittedly only scrolled thru it while out for lunch, but even for a quick lunch read it's a waste of time: #Ontology #PhilSky

SQLでQuine書いたから見て見て - エムスリーテックブログ このテックブログを「quine」で検索していただくとわかるんですが、エムスリーのエンジニアはわりとQuine好きです。Quine（クワイン）とは、文字列を打ち出すだけのプログラムであってその打ち出した文字列というのが自身のコードそのものになっているようなもののことです。 Perl, Python, Rubyなど、手続き型言語で書かれることの多いQuineなのですが、日頃業務でSQLを扱うことの多い私は思うわけです。SQLだって文字列を出力できる言語だぞ、Quine書けるんじゃと。エムスリーエンジニアリンググループUnit1（製薬プロモーション）／Unit9（治験臨床研究支援）エンジニアの三浦[…

SQLでQuine書いたから見て見て - エムスリーテックブログ
#sql #quine

54 byte Linux ELF32 #quine

Warmed up ❤️

Fly like a dragon - thoroughbred ❤️
On redbubble.

#horse #quine #thoroughbred #racehorse #procreate #digitalart

A Tautology or Two While We Translate Chinese Classics What is a Chinese classic, and why do we translate one? These innocent questions lead Sabina Knight and Kidder Smith into a mandala of paradox, metaphor, and tautologies. En route they must negotia...

"A #Tautology or Two While We Translate #Chinese #Classics,"
–– me and Kidder Smith 🀄📚

"En route through a mandala of paradox, metaphor, and tautologies . . . with maps drawn by Borges, Milne, #Quine, and Zeno."

For the #dev people on here, here's a #powershell #quine, though I had to work it out myself:

$a="`$a=`"Q`"; `$a.Replace(''+[char]81, (`$a -replace '[`$`"]', ([char]96 + `"`$+`")))"; $a.Replace(''+[char]81, ($a -replace '[$"]', ([char]96 + "$+")))

$ file q
q: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
$ shasum -a 256 q
e5481f1a7b12fd5887031c449bb7167f8f4a409e0f14333650cc029b2f885e3a q
$ ./q|shasum -a 256
e5481f1a7b12fd5887031c449bb7167f8f4a409e0f14333650cc029b2f885e3a -
$ ./q|wc -c
576
#dev #quine

#dev #quine
$ file ./q
./q: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
$ shasum -a 256 ./q
4b36239fd2cc24fdc281a367bca7c6e09f7d84be7b8d767e647278fba5174022 ./q
$ ./q | shasum -a 256
4b36239fd2cc24fdc281a367bca7c6e09f7d84be7b8d767e647278fba5174022 -

Nerd alert 🤓🤖

Using #Java 21 preview features, I was able to shrink my Java #quine down to a mere 102 characters:

void main(){var f="void main(){var f=%c%s%1$c;System.out.printf(f,34,f);}";System.out.printf(f,34,f);}