Self-reproducing Spiral
Tyler F. Creelan
creelan at engr.orst.edu
Mon Jul 15 21:43:02 CDT 2002
Can anyone explain how this (very awesome!) perl code works?
"This self-reproducing code prints a turning spiral filled with it's own
code."
#!/usr/bin/perl
$_='
$q ="\ 47"; wh
ile ($ ;=
$z += .5 ){
%c= $r=0;$/ ="";whi le(2
0+ $z>($;+=.05)){$c{int$ _+ 2
6+ 2*($ r+= .0 2) *
s in$ ;}{1 -$_
+1 0+ int $r*c o s
$ ;} =1for(0. .1) }$
t =r ever se;$ /. =`
c le ar `. " #!
/ usr /bi n/ pe
rl \n\ $_ =$q \n" ;
fo r$y (1..20){$c{$_} {
$ y }? $ /.=chop$t :
($/ . =" \4
0") for(0. .53) ;
$/. ="\n"}pri nt"$/$ q;
s; ". chr(9 2)."s;;g;eval\n "}
';s;\s;;g;eval
Source: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=176043
Also a Win32 version:
#!/usr/bin/perl
$_='
$q ="\ 47"; wh
ile ($ ;=
$z += .5 ){
%c= $r=0;$/ ="";whi le(2
0+ $z>($;+=.05)){$c{int$ _+ 2
6+ 2*($ r+= .0 2) *
s in$ ;}{1 -$_
+1 0+ int $r*c o s
$ ;} =1for(0. .1) }$
t =r ever se;$ /. =`
c le ar `. " #!
/ usr /bi n/ pe
rl \n\ $_ =$q \n" ;
fo r$y (1..20){$c{$_} {
$ y }? $ /.=chop$t :
($/ . =" \4
0") for(0. .53) ;
$/. ="\n"}pri nt"$/$ q;
s; ". chr(9 2)."s;;g;eval\n "}
';s;\s;;g;eval
TIMTOWTDI
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