an even weirder example
In the meantime, there's this message from Dave Mitchell available for studying on the fun-with-perl mailing list:
Dave Mitchell Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:53:37 -0700
I believe the following is a genuine, punctuation-free Quine:
s zzs vvxv
and s ZVZchr 122Zie
and s ZVZchr 122Zie
and s ZVZchr 122Zie
and s SxSlcfirstSe
and s YZZxZYvvxvYi and print
z
and s ZVZchr 122Zie
and s ZVZchr 122Zie
and s ZVZchr 122Zie
and s SxSlcfirstSe
and s YZZxZYvvxvYi and print
--
A walk of a thousand miles begins with a single step...
then continues for another 1,999,999 or so.
perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'