Comments on: An Interview Question That Prints Out Its Own Source Code (In Ruby) http://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/ For the betterment of the software craft... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Chrishttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-7096 Chris Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:11:13 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-7096 Would you hire me if I offered an empty file? Would you hire me if I offered an empty file?

]]> By: Just Sayinghttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-6911 Just Saying Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:41:48 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-6911 The First Quines in Ruby Originally posted to the ruby-talk list on July 19, 2000 http://rubyhacker.com/ruby-quine.html Note: this also includes a heredoc example! The First Quines in Ruby
Originally posted to the ruby-talk list on July 19, 2000
http://rubyhacker.com/ruby-quine.html

Note: this also includes a heredoc example!

]]> By: Jonas Elfströmhttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-6765 Jonas Elfström Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:30:43 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-6765 In case you missed two of the most mind blowing "quines" ever: http://mamememo.blogspot.com/2010/09/qlobe.html - rotating globe $ watch -n1 'ruby current.rb | tee next.rb && mv next.rb current.rb' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktq-22iq-Po http://d.hatena.ne.jp/ku-ma-me/20090916 - Polyglot quine from Ruby to Python to Perl to Lua to OCaml to Haskell to C to Java to Brainfuck to Whitespace to Unlambda and back to Ruby. In case you missed two of the most mind blowing “quines” ever:

http://mamememo.blogspot.com/2010/09/qlobe.html – rotating globe
$ watch -n1 ‘ruby current.rb | tee next.rb && mv next.rb current.rb’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktq-22iq-Po

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/ku-ma-me/20090916 – Polyglot quine from Ruby to Python to Perl to Lua to OCaml to Haskell to C to Java to Brainfuck to Whitespace to Unlambda and back to Ruby.

]]> By: Steven Rumbalskihttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-6742 Steven Rumbalski Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:16:11 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-6742 In many languages you could just code up an empty file. But that's probably cheating. In many languages you could just code up an empty file. But that’s probably cheating.

]]> By: Alan Skorkinhttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-6262 Alan Skorkin Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:53:37 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-6262 You're never too late to the party if you can still have fun, that's what I always say :) You’re never too late to the party if you can still have fun, that’s what I always say :)

]]> By: Michael Buckleyhttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 Michael Buckley Sun, 17 Oct 2010 03:14:55 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-6248 Python :) s = "s = ; print(s[0:4] + chr(34) + s + chr(34) + s[4:])"; print(s[0:4] + chr(34) + s + chr(34) + s[4:]) PS: yes I realise this is an oldish post, just first time I had seen the problem and had to have a go. Python :)

s = “s = ; print(s[0:4] + chr(34) + s + chr(34) + s[4:])”; print(s[0:4] + chr(34) + s + chr(34) + s[4:])

PS: yes I realise this is an oldish post, just first time I had seen the problem and had to have a go.

]]> By: Z Carioca » Blog Archive » On the question of interviewshttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-6158 Z Carioca » Blog Archive » On the question of interviews Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:00:21 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-6158 [...] willing to give people the benefit of the doubt. I’ve also heard the benefits of the quine question, but while I think that’s a fun puzzle, and it’s the first program I write [...] [...] willing to give people the benefit of the doubt. I’ve also heard the benefits of the quine question, but while I think that’s a fun puzzle, and it’s the first program I write [...]

]]> By: Clay Shentruphttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-5247 Clay Shentrup Thu, 06 May 2010 22:13:29 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-5247 David, You should explain the difference between "it's" and "its" to who ever wrote the docs for this Tolk plugin you authored: "As tolk stores all the keys and translated strings in the database, you need to ask Tolk to update it's database from the primary yml file". -- http://github.com/dhh/tolk David,

You should explain the difference between “it’s” and “its” to who ever wrote the docs for this Tolk plugin you authored:

“As tolk stores all the keys and translated strings in the database, you need to ask Tolk to update it’s database from the primary yml file”.
– http://github.com/dhh/tolk

]]> By: Jasimhttp://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-5045 Jasim Wed, 05 May 2010 00:37:55 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-5045 Something in the same vein, a little more direct: c="c=#; puts c.sub('#',c.inspect)"; puts c.sub('#',c.inspect) Something in the same vein, a little more direct:

c=”c=#; puts c.sub(‘#’,c.inspect)”; puts c.sub(‘#’,c.inspect)

]]> By: O Melhor do RubyFlow – 12 Links sobre Ruby de Março de 2010http://www.skorks.com/2010/03/an-interview-question-that-prints-out-its-own-source-code-in-ruby/comment-page-1/#comment-4640 O Melhor do RubyFlow – 12 Links sobre Ruby de Março de 2010 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:02:40 +0000 http://www.skorks.com/?p=1468#comment-4640 [...] Entrevista que Imprime seu Próprio Código Fonte (em Ruby) Recentemente decidi brincar um pouco escrevendo um quine em Ruby (especialmente porque não achei nenhum outro). Além de discutir as vantagens de se utilizar [...] [...] Entrevista que Imprime seu Próprio Código Fonte (em Ruby) Recentemente decidi brincar um pouco escrevendo um quine em Ruby (especialmente porque não achei nenhum outro). Além de discutir as vantagens de se utilizar [...]

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