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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Self-reproducing C programs
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Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 18:58:27 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  1 18:58:27 1984
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On the UNIX System V VAX pcc, the iteration converges rather quickly
to produce a one-line fixed point (something like:
	junk.c: line 1: syntax error
).  It is certainly true that wordy compilers can diverge.