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e-TeX's Quine. Do "max_print_line=10000 etex -no-shell-escape quine.tex > quine.out"
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX) (preloaded format=etex)
entering extended mode
(./quine.tex
> ~=macro:
->\nonstopmode \let \e \expandafter \let \n \noexpand \def ~{\s \edef \s {\nonstopmode \let \n \e \n \expandafter \let \n \n \n \noexpand \def \n ~{\unexpanded \e {~}}}\e \e \e \def \e \e \e ~\e \e \e {~}\show ~\end }\edef \s {\nonstopmode \let \n \e \n \expandafter \let \n \n \n \noexpand \def \n ~{\unexpanded \e {~}}}\e \e \e \def \e \e \e ~\e \e \e {~}\show ~\end .
l.5 ...\e \e \e \def \e \e \e ~\e \e \e {~}\show ~
\end .
[1] )
(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on quine.dvi (1 page, 392 bytes).
Transcript written on quine.log.
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