Programming Exercise #7: Quine

[Fulg0reSama]

It helps polish the experienced scripters skills.

[salesman]

So by not posting anything, everyone completed the exercise in a way? ez

[coreys]

Originally Posted by salesman

So by not posting anything, everyone completed the exercise in a way? ez

Originally Posted by wikipedia

In some languages, an empty source file is a fixed point of the language, producing no output. Such an empty program, submitted as "the world's smallest self reproducing program", once won the "worst abuse of the rules" prize in the Obfuscated C contest.[1]

[DeCeaseD]

Originally Posted by Fulg0reSama

It helps polish the experienced scripters skills.

And how exactly do experienced scripters get more experience through doing things they can obviously do? If anything, these exercises should be helping newer scripters learn.

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by DeCeaseD

And how exactly do experienced scripters get more experience through doing things they can obviously do? If anything, these exercises should be helping newer scripters learn.

They're more so mental exercises, obviously there's no real practical use to quine's in the Graal world unless you wanted to make some over the top self-replicating virus.

I.e: Reads level links, leaves a mark, moves on to the new levels, and dies upon entering a marked level while wreaking whatever havoc using any side functions it has. The script should be able to remain in the level, and if re-uploaded the replication process begins again.

The newer scripters could at least attempt the exercises, and maybe even do research of their own before giving up.

[DrakilorP2P]

Originally Posted by DeCeaseD

And how exactly do experienced scripters get more experience through doing things they can obviously do? If anything, these exercises should be helping newer scripters learn.

If you've got any ideas for learning exercises how about you make a thread of your own?

[DeCeaseD]

Originally Posted by DrakilorP2P

If you've got any ideas for learning exercises how about you make a thread of your own?

Well, if I was as great at scripting as some of you are, I wouldn't have a problem doing so. But obviously my knowledge of scripting prevents me from doing so.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by DeCeaseD

But obviously my knowledge of scripting prevents me from doing so.

Then please stay out of the scripting forum if all you're going to do is criticize others for trying to hone their skills. Clearly level collabs are also a waste of time, right?

[DeCeaseD]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

Then please stay out of the scripting forum if all you're going to do is criticize others for trying to hone their skills. Clearly level collabs are also a waste of time, right?

Yeah, I'm going to stay out of the scripting forums for giving my opinion. Clearly my opinion has nothing to do with criticizing. I simply stated that I lack the knowledge to be able to make anything of a "scripting exercise". So, exactly what are you talking about??

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by DeCeaseD

Yeah, I'm going to stay out of the scripting forums for giving my opinion. Clearly my opinion has nothing to do with criticizing. I simply stated that I lack the knowledge to be able to make anything of a "scripting exercise". So, exactly what are you talking about??

Cool, now get out.