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# Worst Abuse of the Rules: # Worst Abuse of the Rules:
Szymon Rusinkiewicz Szymon Rusinkiewicz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology
305 Memorial Dr., Room 005B 305 Memorial Dr., Room 005B
Cambridge, Ma 02139 Cambridge, Ma 02139
USA USA
## To build: ## To build:
make all make all
## To run ## To run:
./smr ```sh
./smr
```
## Judges' comments ## Try:
Nearly every year, one or more people would submit what they claimed ```sh
was the world's smallest self reproducing program. While the sizes ./smr > smr.out ; diff -s smr.out smr.c
of these submissions varied, a quick glance would reveal that they ```
were too big, until this entry came along.
While strictly speaking, smr.c is not a valid C program, it is ## Judges' comments:
not an invalid C program either! Some C compilers will compile
an empty file into a program that does nothing. But even if your
compiler can't, the build instructions supplied with this entry
will produce an executable file. On most systems, the stdout
from the executable will exactly match original source.
In the future, the contest rules will specify a minimum size Nearly every year, one or more people would submit what they claimed
that is one character larger than this entry, forever eliminating was the world's smallest self reproducing program. While the sizes
this sort of program from contest. After all, how many variations of these submissions varied, a quick glance would reveal that they
can one make on this entry? :-) were too big, until this entry came along.
## Author's comments While strictly speaking, smr.c is not a valid C program, it is
not an invalid C program either! Some C compilers will compile
an empty file into a program that does nothing. But even if your
compiler can't, the build instructions supplied with this entry
will produce an executable file. On most systems, the stdout
from the executable will exactly match original source.
The world's smallest self-replicating program. Guaranteed. In the future, the contest rules will specify a minimum size
Produces a listing of itself on stdout. that is one character larger than this entry, forever eliminating
this sort of program from contest. After all, how many variations
can one make on this entry? :-)
## Author's comments:
The world's smallest self-replicating program. Guaranteed.
Produces a listing of itself on stdout.
## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: ## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License: