Talk:Quine

Trivial Quines

Arguably explicit output should be added as a requirement to the definition of a quine, otherwise trivial examples are possible - such as a number in isolation. -- J63nu 00:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

The given quines do not have explicit output, but rather either rely on implicit output or take "quine" to mean returning themselves. However, in general, such self-evaluating quines are considered cheating. Adám Brudzewsky 04:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)