Landon Curt Noll
d414b6d71f
Improved `all-run.sh` and `readme2index.sh` so that certain command line options (e.g., -p, -P, -u, -U ...) are only passed along to other tools if they are given on the command line. all-run.sh VERSION changed from "1.1.1 2024-01-19" to "1.1.2 2024-01-20", readme2index.sh VERSION changed from "1.1 2024-01-16" to "1.1.1 2024-01-20". Added `quick-readme2index.sh` that only calls `readme2index.sh` if the `index.html` is not a non-empty file, or of either `.winner.json` and/or `README.md` is newer than `index.html`. Updated all `index.html` files because the the file contains a comment that includes the newly modified readme2index.sh VERSION.
To build:
make all
To use:
./smr
Try:
./try.sh
Judges' remarks:
Nearly every year, one or more people would submit what they claimed was the world's smallest self reproducing program. While the sizes 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 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 the original
source.
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 the contest. After all, how many variations can one make on this entry? :-)
Author's remarks:
The world's smallest self-replicating program. Guaranteed.
Produces a listing of itself on stdout.
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