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(I haven't read over the entries yet)

A coworker suggests a Whitespace[1] interpreter which applies the recursion theorem and then interprets a Whitespace program embedded in the source code, characters which do not count towards the size limit. We're not sure yet whether that can be done in 512 characters.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_languag...

Edit: "Wait... can you make a Quine without using a string literal?"



Why whitespace? Just pick the simplest to interpret Turing complete language with a two symbol alphabet.

Also: you're disqualified :)




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