/quine-relay

An uroboros program with 50 programming languages

Primary LanguageRuby

Quine Relay

What this is

This is a Ruby program that generates Scala program that generates Scheme program that generates ...(through 50 languages)... REXX program that generates the original Ruby code again.

Language Uroboros

Usage

1. Install all interpreters/compilers.

You are fortunate if you are using Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander). You just have to type the following apt-get command to install all of them.

$ sudo apt-get install algol68g bash beef boo clisp clojure1.4 \
  coffeescript f2c fp-compiler g++ gauche gawk gcc gforth gfortran ghc \
  gnat gnu-smalltalk gobjc golang groovy icont intercal iverilog \
  jasmin-sable llvm lua5.2 make mono-devel mono-mcs nodejs ocaml octave \
  open-cobol openjdk-6-jdk parrot perl php5-cli pike7.8 python r-base \
  regina-rexx ruby1.9.3 scala swi-prolog tcc tcl8.5 ucblogo valac

You are even more fortunate if you are using Arch Linux, as you can just install the quine-relay-git package from AUR, either manually or by using your favorite AUR helper.

You may find instructions for other platforms in the wiki.

If you are not using these Linux distributions, please find your way yourself. If you could do it, please let me know. Good luck.

2. Run each program on each interpreter/compiler.

$ ruby QR.rb > QR.scala
$ scalac QR.scala && scala QR > QR.scm
$ $(SCHEME) QR.scm > QR.bash
$ bash QR.bash > QR.st
$ gst QR.st > QR.tcl
$ tclsh QR.tcl > QR.unl
$ ruby unlambda.rb QR.unl > QR.vala
$ valac QR.vala && ./QR > QR.v
$ iverilog -o QR QR.v && ./QR -vcd-none > QR.ws
$ ruby whitespace.rb QR.ws > qr.adb
$ gnatmake qr.adb && ./qr > QR.a68
$ a68g QR.a68 > QR.awk
$ awk -f QR.awk > QR.boo
$ booi QR.boo > QR.bf
$ beef QR.bf > QR.c
$ ${CC} -o QR QR.c && ./QR > QR.cpp
$ ${CXX} -o QR QR.cpp && ./QR > QR.cs
$ mcs QR.cs && mono QR.exe > QR.clj
$ clojure QR.clj > QR.cob
$ cobc -O2 -x QR.cob && ./QR > QR.coffee
$ coffee QR.coffee > QR.lisp
$ clisp QR.lisp > QR.fs
$ gforth QR.fs > QR.f
$ f2c QR.f && ${CC} -o QR QR.c -L/usr/lib -lf2c && ./QR > QR.f90
$ gfortran -o QR QR.f90 && ./QR > QR.go
$ go run QR.go > QR.groovy
$ groovy QR.groovy > QR.hs
$ runghc QR.hs > QR.icn
$ icont -s QR.icn && ./QR > QR.i
$ ick -bfO QR.i && ./QR > QR.j
$ jasmin QR.j && java QR > QR.java
$ javac QR.java && java QR > QR.ll
$ llvm-as QR.ll && lli QR.bc > QR.logo
$ logo QR.logo > QR.lua
$ lua QR.lua > QR.makefile
$ make -f QR.makefile > QR.il
$ ilasm QR.il && mono QR.exe > QR.js
$ $(NODE) QR.js > QR.m
$ gcc -o QR QR.m && ./QR > QR.ml
$ ocaml QR.ml > QR.octave
$ octave -qf QR.octave > QR.pasm
$ parrot QR.pasm > QR.pas
$ fpc QR.pas && ./QR > QR.pl
$ perl QR.pl > QR.php
$ php QR.php > QR.pike
$ pike QR.pike > QR.prolog
$ swipl -q -t qr -f QR.prolog > QR.py
$ python QR.py > QR.R
$ R --slave < QR.R > QR.rexx
$ rexx ./QR.rexx > QR2.rb

You will see that QR.rb is the same as QR2.rb.

$ diff QR.rb QR2.rb

Alternatively, just type make.

$ make

Note: It may require huge memory to compile some files.

Tested interpreter/compiler versions

As I said above, I tested the program on Ubuntu. It does not provide Unlambda and Whitespace interpreters, so this repository includes my own implementations. For other languages, I used the following deb packages:

language ubuntu package version
Ruby ruby1.9.3 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2
Scala scala 2.9.2+dfsg-1
Scheme gauche 0.9.3.3-8
Shell bash 4.2-5ubuntu3
Smalltalk gnu-smalltalk 3.2.4-2
Tcl tcl8.5 8.5.13-1ubuntu4
Unlambda (none) -
Vala valac 0.20.1-2ubuntu3
Verilog iverilog 0.9.7-1
Whitespace (none) -
Ada gnat 4.6ubuntu1
ALGOL68 algol68g 2.4.1-1
Awk gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2
Boo boo 0.9.5~git20110729.r1.202a430-2
Brainfuck beef 1.0.0-1
C gcc 4:4.8.1-2ubuntu3
C++ g++ 4:4.8.1-2ubuntu3
C# mono-mcs 2.10.8.1-5ubuntu2
Clojure clojure1.4 1.4.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2
Cobol open-cobol 1.1-1
CoffeeScript coffeescript 1.4.0-1
CommonLisp clisp 1:2.49-8.2
Forth gforth 0.7.0+ds2-0.1
FORTRAN77 f2c 20100827-1
Fortran90 gfortran 4:4.8.1-2ubuntu3
Go golang 2:1.1.2-2ubuntu1
Groovy groovy 2.0.0~beta2+isreally1.8.6-0ubuntu1
Haskell ghc 7.6.3-4
Icon icont 9.4.3-4.2ubuntu1
INTERCAL intercal 29:0.29-3
Jasmin jasmin-sable 2.4.0-3
Java openjdk-6-jdk 6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu2
LLVM asm llvm 1:3.2-20
Logo ucblogo 5.5-2.1
Lua lua5.2 5.2.2-1
Makefile make 3.81-8.2ubuntu3
MSIL mono-devel 2.10.8.1-5ubuntu2
NodeJS nodejs 0.10.15~dfsg1-4
Objective-C gobjc 4:4.8.1-2ubuntu3
OCaml ocaml 3.12.1-4ubuntu1
Octave octave 3.6.4-3
Parrot asm parrot 5.0.0-1
Pascal fp-compiler 2.6.2-5
Perl perl 5.14.2-21build1
PHP php5-cli 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2
Pike pike7.8 7.8.700-7
Prolog swi-prolog 6.2.6-7
Python python 2.7.5-5ubuntu1
R r-base 3.0.1-3ubuntu1
REXX regina-rexx 3.6-2
(extra) tcc 0.9.26~git20120612.ad5f375-6

Note: CC=tcc ick -bfO may be used to compile INTERCAL sources with less memory.

How to re-generate the source

$ cd src
$ rake

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Yusuke Endoh (@mametter), @hirekoke

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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