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hash_embed_quine.c
/*
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Eli Array Minkoff
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
*/
// trivial C23 quine using #embed
//
// probably should be considered cheating
#include <stdio.h>
static const char SOURCE[] = {
#embed __FILE__
, 0
};
int main() {
fputs(SOURCE, stdout);
}
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eliminmax commented Jan 30, 2026

Tested with clang-20.

Compilation command:
clang -std=c23 -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic hash_embed_quine.c -o hash_embed_quine

Output is identical to source.

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