A short program

>I love doing this with small one time use programs.  It's fun trying
>to see how few lines of code I can get by with.  One time I had a
>three line program.  One F spec for the primary file opened for
>update, a C spec to plug a value into a field, and a C spec for the
>update.  Does anyone remember the old game show "Name That Tune"?
>"I can write that program with 4 lines!"

Geeze, you guys. Cycle this.

Since my direct plea to not go on endlessly and redundantly about the cycle
didn't work, maybe I can distract you!

Here is a contest for you all.

Write the shortest program possible that can list its own source. You can
use any language.

This was originally a contest at a NEWS/400 tech editor meeting. It may
actually be a long-standing programmer riddle, but I had never heard of it.
At the time, Paul Contest refereed the contest and AS/400 rockest scientist
extraordinare Bruce Lesnick won first place. Bruce's answer was exceedingly
clever.

First prize: six cold ones on me.

Anyone here smarter than, or as smart as, Bruce?

rp

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