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		michael_fine on Nov 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The world's smallest self-replicating program I think what they were referring to was a quine

Alupis on Nov 29, 2014 [–]

yes, but is using an external program (make and cp) really count? I wouldn't consider that really as "self-replicating".

fsniper on Nov 29, 2014 | [–]

every self replicating entry in the competition is compiled with other binaries.

maaku on Nov 30, 2014 | | [–]

And most of biology (including you).

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