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Re: How I Learned About Quines

by BioLion (Curate)
on Apr 16, 2010 at 14:57 UTC ( [id://835115]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to How I Learned About Quines

Slightly OT, but why 'quine' - does it mean / stand for anything? And apart from the obvious naughty applications, are they used for anything other than exercises? Excuse any naivity in these questions...!

Just a something something...

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Re^2: How I Learned About Quines
by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Apr 16, 2010 at 15:12 UTC
    Quoting the redoubtable Wikipaedia:

    "Quines are named after philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine (1908–2000), who made an extensive study of indirect self-reference. He coined, among others, the following paradox-producing expression, known as Quine's paradox:

        "Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.
    
    (Quine (Computing))

    ----
    I Go Back to Sleep, Now.

    OGB

      Ah. So just a game then? I get square eyes trying to make programs that do stuff let alone clever stuff...

      Just a something something...
        Welp the whole DNA replication thing is sort of a quine - except for peeps the object has to produce not itself as output but a merge of it's self w/ another object... :)
        I'm in the same boat. But I love reading about stuff like this because it gives me something to look forward to as I get better at working with Perl.

        I mean, I'm 48, there's a chance I'll never get to the level of being able to do this kind of thing. But it is fun to think about achieving such facility. Goals're good. :^)

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