QUINE: Stata module providing a self-producing program

Matthew Baker

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: a quine is a computer program that, when run, reproduces itself verbatim. Quines have a self-referential structure characterized by the statement: Print all that follows in quotes twice, the second time in quotes: "Print all that follows in quotes twice, the second time in quotes:" This package gives an example of such a program written in Stata.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 11.2
Keywords: quine; self-producing program (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07-22
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install quine". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/q/quine.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/q/quine.sthlp help file (text/plain)

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