Mastodawn

Thanks to the #c23 #embed macro, I may have written the world's shortest #quine.
```c
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){puts((char[]){
#embed"q.c"
,0});}
```
(I doubt that I'm the first to do this)
We just need to politely ignore the extra `\n` injected by `puts`. Otherwise, replace `puts` with `printf`.

Patrick

Feb 7

One Open-source Project Daily

An uroboros program with 100+ programming languages

https://github.com/mame/quine-relay

#1ospd #opensource #quine

GitHub - mame/quine-relay: An uroboros program with 100+ programming languages

An uroboros program with 100+ programming languages - mame/quine-relay

GitHub

codeismycanvas Jan 11

Very similar to my interpretation of last year's Genuary 3 "42 Lines of Code" (link below), this code is a "Quine" that outputs itself into a stylized image using SVG curves and gradients.

https://universeodon.com/@codeismycanvas/113765562968011769

#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary11 #quine #svg

illestpreacha Jan 7

MessyQuine

Video: https://youtu.be/nrUZabVzmgM

Blog: https://blog.illestpreacha.com/genuary2026quine

#Genuary #Genuary2026 #creativecoding #Genuary11 #electronicliterature #poem #quine

MessyQuine is coded in #P5Js and is a Moving,formatted and Jittery Quine Poem (Genuary 2026 Prompt 11).

#coding #animation #newmedia #codepoem #visualpoem

MessyQuines

YouTube

Hacker News Dec 9

Constructing the Word's First JPEG XL MD5 Hash Quine

https://stackchk.fail/blog/jxl_hashquine_writeup

#HackerNews #JPEGXL #MD5 #Hash #Quine #Hashing #Programming #HackerNews

Constructing The Word's First JPEG XL MD5 Hash Quine

A walk through of building an image that displays its own MD5 Hash

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Nov 2

1 Ran into this quote in #Quiddities by Willard Van Orman #Quine while checking out a reference in a Bluesky convo. (Note the period after “as well” should be a comma.) Set me thinking: should the revelation of the Wizard of 0z’s true identity be considered a “let down”? 🧵

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3m4o4ecugok2y

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов Oct 10

This is an unbirthday present for @screwlisp,
who posted earlier about quines.

To give it as a puzzle at first:

find a Python quine as a string Q such that eval(Q) == Q.

A spoiler to follow.

_________
The term "fixed point" comes to mind. And the Y combinator comes into
this picture as well; wie another day.

(Estimating Python's degree of homoiconicity is left as an exercise.)

#ComputerProgramming
#Homoiconicity
#ProgrammingPuzzle
#Puzzle
#Python
#Quine

screwlisp Oct 6

#breaking news (not really.). Hey, I only *just realised* this is a #commonLisp #quine #repl

`(,@-)

CL-USER> `(,@-)
(SI:QUASIQUOTE ((SI:UNQUOTE-SPLICE -)))
CL-USER> `(,@-)
(SI:QUASIQUOTE ((SI:UNQUOTE-SPLICE -)))
CL-USER> (SI:QUASIQUOTE ((SI:UNQUOTE-SPLICE -)))

or similarly,

CL-USER> ((lambda () -))
((LAMBDA () -))

#programming #fun

https://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/v__.htm

CLHS: Variable -

Stefanie Neumann Sep 27

The Law-German wird fer “quine“ wad be "Deern".

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#DoricWordOfTheDay by Doric Books: #quine (girl, young woman)
#WriteInScots #Doric #Scots

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Mark T. Tomczak Sep 15, 2025

Worth noting: there is already a Rockstar quine, and it's actually quite pretty, as are most Rockstar programs.

the world is a sea
burn the world in fire
the song says shout "the world is a sea" with fire, "burn the world in fire", fire, "the song says " with the song, and fire with the song
shout "the world is a sea" with fire, "burn the world in fire", fire, "the song says " with the song, and fire with the song

#quine #rockstarlang