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... not that there is much to document :-)
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## Judges' remarks: ## Judges' remarks:
Nearly every year, one or more people would submit what they claimed\ Nearly every year, one or more people would submit what they claimed
was the world's smallest self reproducing program. While the sizes was the world's smallest self reproducing program. While the sizes
of these submissions varied, a quick glance would reveal that they of these submissions varied, a quick glance would reveal that they
were too big, until this entry came along. were too big, until this entry came along.
While strictly speaking, smr.c is not a valid C program, it is While strictly speaking, [smr.c](smr.c) is not a valid C program, it is not an
not an invalid C program either! Some C compilers will compile invalid C program either! Some C compilers will compile an empty file into a
an empty file into a program that does nothing. But even if your program that does nothing. But even if your compiler can't, the build
compiler can't, the build instructions supplied with this entry instructions supplied with this entry will produce an executable file. On most
will produce an executable file. On most systems, the stdout systems, the `stdout` from the executable will exactly match the original
from the executable will exactly match original source. source.
In the future, the contest rules will specify a minimum size that is one In the future, the contest rules will specify a minimum size that is one
character larger than this entry, forever eliminating this sort of program from character larger than this entry, forever eliminating this sort of program from
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## Author's remarks: ## Author's remarks:
The world's smallest self-replicating program. Guaranteed. The world's smallest self-replicating program. Guaranteed.
Produces a listing of itself on stdout. Produces a listing of itself on `stdout`.
## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: ## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: