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Visit the <a href="http://www.halley.cc/ed/linux/scripts/quine.html" >Full Analysis on the Pentomino Solving Quine</a>, only if you aren't trying to deconstructing it yourself.
<p>Or check the <a href="http://www.halley.cc/ed/linux/scripts/quine.orig" >Full Pretty Source Code</a> if still you're trying to read the Perl code in the blocky form.
<p>As far as obfuscation goes, this program isn't very obscured, but the methods and algorithm may be hard to work out if you're not familiar with the problem.
<p>Even if you're not into quines, or obfuscation, I hope the program is an entertaining plaything... it was fun for me to put it together. My first version was in Turbo Pascal in the mid-80's, and it took four solid MONTHS to collect all the solutions on an IBM PC-AT, with similar heuristics.
<p>--<br><tt>[ e d @ h a l l e y . c c ]</tt>
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