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Agreed, here is a real XSLT quine: http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~obecker/XSLT/#quine Mit besten Gruessen / Best wishes, Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt Level 3 support for XML Compiler team and Fixpack team lead WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/HermannSW/ https://twitter.com/HermannSW/ http://www.stamm-wilbrandt.de/ce/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Martina Koederitz Geschaeftsfuehrung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Boeblingen Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>, Cc: "xml-dev@lists.xml.org" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org> Date: 10/16/2013 11:35 PM Subject: Re: Self-replicating XML 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@lists.xml.org subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php
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