# Quines and Loons - self replicating programs

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quines-and-loons-self-replicating-programs/12607
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**Created:** [July 23, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quines-and-loons-self-replicating-programs/12607 "2018-07-23T14:28:45Z")
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### Author: ![NHDaly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nhdaly/32/1413_2.png) [@NHDaly](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NHDaly)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/quines-and-loons-self-replicating-programs/12607/7 "2019-03-13T03:23:02Z")

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Haha omg that quine relay is amazing! Very cool.

Also, here’s a super simple julia quine:

```julia
quine = "@show quine; println(quine)"
@show quine; println(quine)

```

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