I wouldn't say this is the most boring. In Python it is certainly an empty file.
It was interesting to see the author work through the major obstacles one by one when writing a quine. Glad they didn't take the actual boring route!
It was interesting to see the author work through the major obstacles one by one when writing a quine. Glad they didn't take the actual boring route!
s='s=%r;print(s%%s)';print(s%s)
#include<stdio.h>
#define len int main(){char*
#define zip return 0;}
#if 0
def printf(f,*a):print(f%a,end=str())
#endif
len
s="#include<stdio.h>%c#define len int main(){char*%c#define zip return 0;}%c#if 0%cdef printf(f,*a):print(f%%a,end=str())%c#endif%clen%cs=%c%s%c;printf(s,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,34,s,34,10);zip%c";printf(s,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,34,s,34,10);zip
#include<stdio.h>
#define puts(c)void main(){c;putchar(10);}
#define dup char*
dup
s="#include<stdio.h>%c#define puts(c)void main(){c;putchar(10);}%c#define dup char*%cdup%cs=%c%s%c;puts(printf(s,10,10,10,10,34,s,34))";puts(printf(s,10,10,10,10,34,s,34))
$ ~ echo '"Hello world"' > quine.py
$ ~ cat quine.py
"Hello world"
$ ~ python quine.py
$ ~