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http://www.mhonarc.org/archive/html/xsl-list/2011-08/msg00074.html On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Michael Kay <mike@s...> wrote: > > On 16 Oct 2013, at 21:01, Costello, Roger L. wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> [Definition] >> A quine is a computer program which takes no input >> and produces a copy of its own source code as its only >> output. The standard terms for these programs in the >> computability theory and computer science literature >> are self-replicating programs, self-reproducing programs, >> and self-copying programs. [1] >> >> Below is an XSLT program that is quine. > > Not on that definition it isn't. It calls the document() function, so it can't claim to "take no input". A program that copies its input, and is then run on itself, is not an interesting quine. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all ------------------------------------ Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ------------------------------------- Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they write all patents, too? :) ------------------------------------- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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