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Ruby/Perl/PHP, 52

$b='$b=%c%s%c;printf$b,39,$b,39;';printf$b,39,$b,39;

Copied verbatim from Christopher Durr's Perl quine.

This is rules abuse. Ruby and Perl are definitely not the same language, nor is Perl a subset of Ruby (most of the linked Perl quines don't work in Ruby, for example). But Ruby was designed to be able to look a lot like Perl if you want it to, and this happens a lot when golfing.

Ruby/Perl, 52

$b='$b=%c%s%c;printf$b,39,$b,39;';printf$b,39,$b,39;

Copied verbatim from Christopher Durr.

This is rules abuse. Ruby and Perl are definitely not the same language, nor is Perl a subset of Ruby (most of the linked Perl quines don't work in Ruby, for example). But Ruby was designed to be able to look a lot like Perl if you want it to, and this happens a lot when golfing.

Ruby/Perl/PHP, 52

$b='$b=%c%s%c;printf$b,39,$b,39;';printf$b,39,$b,39;

Copied verbatim from Christopher Durr's Perl quine.

This is rules abuse. Ruby and Perl are definitely not the same language, nor is Perl a subset of Ruby (most of the linked Perl quines don't work in Ruby, for example). But Ruby was designed to be able to look a lot like Perl if you want it to, and this happens a lot when golfing.

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Ruby/Perl, 52

$b='$b=%c%s%c;printf$b,39,$b,39;';printf$b,39,$b,39;

Copied verbatim from Christopher Durr.

This is rules abuse. Ruby and Perl are definitely not the same language, nor is Perl a subset of Ruby (most of the linked Perl quines don't work in Ruby, for example). But Ruby was designed to be able to look a lot like Perl if you want it to, and this happens a lot when golfing.