Thread: programming challenge...

:lol:

ironic considering you are so into linux and java.

Originally Posted by 18lama

welcome...and create more such threads in the future. It keeps the young ones from spamming.

and some old ones too ;-)

-F

Originally Posted by newprouser

:lol:

ironic considering you are so into linux and java.

Nothing ironic. Opensource don't mean you have been given permission.

yeah right luke..

You are agreeing with me more & more.

Originally Posted by Punch Farce

regarding the program that prints itself:

I myself have to remember it, give me some time.
I know it was only one line of c code. so I don't think
Java or C++ would work, but if you manage in Java or
C++ I would be impressed ;-)

This is possible in almost every language, and it's simple enough! I googled it a few months back, so I am not eligible, but one thing I discovered myself is this:
Technically, it can also be a blank program or file, when you run it nothing happens, so its output and source is same!!