ruby/sample/trick2015/monae/remarks.markdown

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How to run

ruby entry.rb
ruby entry.rb | ruby
ruby entry.rb | ruby | ruby
ruby entry.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby
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Confirmed on the following environments:

  • ruby 2.2.3p173 (2015-08-18 revision 51636) [x86_64-darwin14]
  • ruby 2.0.0p353 (2013-11-22) [i386-mingw32]

Description

A simple quine which prints itself twice on a slightly complex base.

geminum caput amphisbaenae, hoc est et a cauda, tamquam parum esset uno ore fundi venenum. aliis squamas esse, aliis picturas, omnibus exitiale virus.

GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Naturalis Historia 8.85.1