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Ruby 27

A very slightly modified version of this (viavia):

puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

The number of times that puts-line is printed grows exponentially.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
    3283

Ruby 27

A very slightly modified version of this (via):

puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

The number of times that puts-line is printed grows exponentially.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
    3283

Ruby 27

A very slightly modified version of this (via):

puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

The number of times that puts-line is printed grows exponentially.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
    3283
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Ruby 27

A very slightly modified version of this (via):

puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
23

The number of times that puts-line is printed grows exponentially.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
puts <<2*3<<3*3,23
23

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
    3283

Ruby 27

A very slightly modified version of this (via):

puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
2

The number of times that puts-line is printed grows exponentially.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
2

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
    3283

Ruby 27

A very slightly modified version of this (via):

puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

The number of times that puts-line is printed grows exponentially.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
puts <<3*3,3
3

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
    3283
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Ruby 5327

Tried to make an incrementalA very slightly modified version of this (via thisvia), but it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted.:

c=2
puts "c=#{c}+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=#{c}+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
2

c isn't incremented after the second run. Instead the The number of times that puts-line is printed grows somewhat exponentially:.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby
c=2+1
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c<<2*3,2
2

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
1097    3283

Ruby 53

Tried to make an incremental version of this (via this), but it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted.

c=2
puts "c=#{c}+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=#{c}+1",<<2*c,2
2

c isn't incremented after the second run. Instead the number of times that puts-line is printed grows somewhat exponentially:

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby
c=2+1
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
puts "c=2+1",<<2*c,2
2

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
1097

Ruby 27

A very slightly modified version of this (via):

puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
2

The number of times that puts-line is printed grows exponentially.

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
puts <<2*3,2
2

$ ruby quine.rb | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | ruby | wc -l
    3283
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