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A few JavaScript quines
// Today, I noticed that someone favorited this tweet of mine from 2012:
// https://twitter.com/cowboy/status/232587756486938624
// !function $(){console.log('!'+$+'()')}() #quine
// So I fooled around for a little bit:
// Shortest JavaScript quine?
(function _(){return'('+_+')()'})()
// Have fun with this one!
(function $($_$,_,_$,_$_,$_){return[_=_[$_$](_$[$_++])][_[$_++]][_[$_++]]([][_[$_--]][_[$_++]](_$_,function($$){return _$[$$]||[$_,_$_,_,$_$,$][$_--]},$_++),_[++$_])})('split',',join,call,map',',()\'\\','1821383038303012434430383082',0)
// Test a quine like so:
a= your_quine_code
a===eval(a) // must be true
// Eg.
a= (function _(){return'('+_+')()'})()
a===eval(a) // true
@qtheperfect
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// Never ending eval...
let x ="let x =%22quinner%22;let y=decodeURI(x).replace(/quinner/, x);alert(y);eval(y);";let y=decodeURI(x).replace(/quinner/, x);alert(y);eval(y);

@qtheperfect
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// Never ending eval...
let x ="let x =%22quinner%22;let y=decodeURI(x).replace(/quinner/, x);alert(y);eval(y);";let y=decodeURI(x).replace(/quinner/, x);alert(y);eval(y);

@timothyferriss
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A quine in programming is a self-replicating code that, when executed, produces retro bowl its own source code as the output.

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