# Ruby 27 A very slightly modified version of [this](http://www.justskins.com/forums/shortest-nozero-ruby-quine-122609.html) ([via][1]): 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 [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2474861/shortest-ruby-quine