/quine-relay

An uroboros program with 100+ programming languages

Primary LanguageRuby

Quine Relay

CI

What this is

This is a Ruby program that generates Rust program that generates Scala program that generates ...(through 128 languages in total)... REXX program that generates the original Ruby code again.

Language Uroboros

(If you want to see the old 50-language version, see 50 branch.)

Usage

Ubuntu

If you are using Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish), you can perform the following steps.

1. Install all interpreters/compilers.

First, you have to type the following apt-get command to install all of them.

$ sudo apt-get install afnix algol68g aplus-fsf aspectj asymptote \
  ats2-lang bash bc bf bsdgames bsh clisp clojure cmake coffeescript \
  dafny dc dhall elixir emacs-nox erlang f2c fish flex fp-compiler \
  fsharp g++ gambas3-gb-pcre gambas3-scripter gap gawk gcc gdb gdc \
  generator-scripting-language genius gforth gfortran ghc ghostscript \
  gnat gnu-smalltalk gnucobol4 gnuplot gobjc golang gpt groovy guile-3.0 \
  gzip haxe icont iconx intercal iverilog jasmin-sable jq kotlin ksh \
  libpolyml-dev lisaac livescript llvm lua5.3 m4 make maxima minizinc \
  mono-devel mono-mcs mono-vbnc nasm neko nickle node-typescript nodejs \
  ocaml octave openjdk-11-jdk pari-gp parser3-cgi perl php-cli polyml \
  python3 r-base rakudo ratfor rc regina-rexx ruby ruby-mustache rustc \
  scala scilab-cli sed slsh spin squirrel3 surgescript swi-prolog tcl \
  tcsh valac vim wabt xsltproc yabasic yorick zoem zsh

Then, build the bundled interpreters.

$ sudo apt-get install cmake libpng-dev libgd-dev groff bison curl
$ make -C vendor

2. Run each program on each interpreter/compiler.

$ ulimit -s unlimited
$ ruby QR.rb > QR.rs
$ rustc QR.rs && ./QR > QR.scala
$ scalac QR.scala && scala QR > QR.scm
$ guile QR.scm > QR.sci
$ scilab-cli -nb -f QR.sci > QR.sed
$ sed -E -f QR.sed QR.sed > QR.spl
$ ./vendor/local/bin/spl2c < QR.spl > QR.spl.c && gcc -z muldefs -o QR -I ./vendor/local/include -L ./vendor/local/lib QR.spl.c -lspl -lm &&
  ./QR > QR.sl
$ slsh QR.sl > QR.st
$ gst QR.st > QR.nut
$ squirrel QR.nut > QR.sml
$ polyc -o QR QR.sml && ./QR > QR.sq
$ ruby vendor/subleq.rb QR.sq > QR.ss
$ surgescript QR.ss > QR.tcl
$ tclsh QR.tcl > QR.tcsh
$ tcsh QR.tcsh > QR.t
$ ruby vendor/thue.rb QR.t > QR.ts
$ tsc --outFile QR.ts.js QR.ts && nodejs QR.ts.js > QR.unl
$ ruby vendor/unlambda.rb QR.unl > QR.vala
$ valac QR.vala && ./QR > QR.mid
$ mono vendor/local/bin/Vlt.exe /s QR.mid && mono QR.exe > QR.v
$ iverilog -o QR QR.v && ./QR -vcd-none > QR.vim
$ vim -EsS QR.vim > QR.vb
$ vbnc QR.vb && mono ./QR.exe > QR.wasm
$ $(WASI_RUNTIME) QR.wasm > QR.wat
$ wat2wasm QR.wat -o QR.wat.wasm && $(WASI_RUNTIME) QR.wat.wasm > QR.ws
$ ruby vendor/whitespace.rb QR.ws > QR.xslt
$ xsltproc QR.xslt > QR.yab
$ yabasic QR.yab > QR.yorick
$ yorick -batch QR.yorick > QR.azm
$ zoem -i QR.azm > QR.zsh
$ zsh QR.zsh > QR.+
$ a+ QR.+ > qr.adb
$ gnatmake qr.adb && ./qr > QR.als
$ LANG=C LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/afnix axi QR.als > QR.aheui
$ ruby vendor/aheui.rb QR.aheui > QR.a68
$ a68g QR.a68 > QR.ante
$ ruby vendor/ante.rb QR.ante > QR.aj
$ ajc QR.aj && java QR > QR.asy
$ asy QR.asy > QR.dats
$ patscc -o QR QR.dats && ./QR > QR.awk
$ awk -f QR.awk > QR.bash
$ bash QR.bash > QR.bc
$ BC_LINE_LENGTH=4000000 bc -q QR.bc > QR.bsh
$ bsh QR.bsh > QR.bef
$ cfunge QR.bef > QR.Blc
$ ruby vendor/blc.rb < QR.Blc > QR.bf
$ bf -c500000 QR.bf > QR.c
$ gcc -o QR QR.c && ./QR > QR.cpp
$ g++ -o QR QR.cpp && ./QR > QR.cs
$ mcs QR.cs && mono QR.exe > QR.chef
$ PERL5LIB=vendor/local/lib/perl5 compilechef QR.chef QR.chef.pl &&
  perl QR.chef.pl > QR.clj
$ clojure QR.clj > QR.cmake
$ cmake -P QR.cmake > QR.cob
$ cobc -O2 -x QR.cob && ./QR > QR.coffee
$ coffee --nodejs --stack_size=100000 QR.coffee > QR.lisp
$ clisp QR.lisp > QR.d
$ gdc -o QR QR.d && ./QR > QR.dfy
$ dafny QR.dfy && mono QR.exe > QR.dc
$ dc QR.dc > QR.dhall || true
$ dhall text --file QR.dhall > QR.exs
$ elixir QR.exs > QR.el
$ emacs -Q --script QR.el > QR.erl
$ escript QR.erl > QR.fsx
$ fsharpc QR.fsx -o QR.exe && mono QR.exe > QR.false
$ ruby vendor/false.rb QR.false > QR.fl
$ flex -o QR.fl.c QR.fl && gcc -o QR QR.fl.c && ./QR > QR.fish
$ fish QR.fish > QR.fs
$ gforth QR.fs > QR.f
$ gfortran -o QR QR.f && ./QR > QR.f90
$ gfortran -o QR QR.f90 && ./QR > QR.gbs
$ gbs3 QR.gbs > QR.g
$ gap -q QR.g > QR.gdb
$ gdb -q -x QR.gdb > QR.gel
$ genius QR.gel > QR.gsl
$ gsl -q QR.gsl > QR.plt
$ gnuplot QR.plt > QR.go
$ go run QR.go > QR.gs
$ ruby vendor/golfscript.rb QR.gs > QR.gpt
$ mv QR.c QR.c.bak && gpt -t QR.c QR.gpt && gcc -o QR QR.c && ./QR > QR.grass &&
  mv QR.c.bak QR.c
$ ruby vendor/grass.rb QR.grass > QR.groovy
$ groovy QR.groovy > QR.gz
$ gzip -cd QR.gz > QR.hs
$ ghc QR.hs && ./QR > QR.hx
$ haxe -main QR -neko QR.n && neko QR.n > QR.icn
$ icont -s QR.icn && ./QR > QR.i
$ ick -bfOc QR.i && gcc -static QR.c -I /usr/include/ick-* -o QR -lick &&
  ./QR > QR.j
$ jasmin QR.j && java QR > QR.java
$ javac QR.java && java QR > QR.js
$ nodejs QR.js > QR.jq
$ jq -r -n -f QR.jq > QR.jsfuck
$ nodejs --stack_size=100000 QR.jsfuck > QR.kt
$ kotlinc QR.kt -include-runtime -d QR.jar && kotlin QR.jar > QR.ksh
$ ksh QR.ksh > QR.lazy
$ lazyk QR.lazy > qr.li
$ lisaac qr.li && ./qr > QR.ls
$ lsc QR.ls > QR.ll
$ llvm-as QR.ll && lli QR.bc > QR.lol
$ lci QR.lol > QR.lua
$ lua5.3 QR.lua > QR.m4
$ m4 QR.m4 > QR.mk
$ make -f QR.mk > QR.mac
$ maxima -q --init-mac=QR.mac > QR.mzn
$ minizinc --solver Gecode --soln-sep '' QR.mzn > QR.il
$ ilasm QR.il && mono QR.exe > QR.mustache
$ mustache QR.mustache QR.mustache > QR.asm
$ nasm -felf QR.asm && ld -m elf_i386 -o QR QR.o && ./QR > QR.neko
$ nekoc QR.neko && neko QR.n > QR.5c
$ nickle QR.5c > QR.m
$ gcc -o QR QR.m && ./QR > QR.ml
$ ocaml QR.ml > QR.octave
$ mv QR.m QR.m.bak && octave -qf QR.octave > QR.ook && mv QR.m.bak QR.m
$ ruby vendor/ook-to-bf.rb QR.ook QR.ook.bf && bf -c500000 QR.ook.bf > QR.gp
$ gp -f -q QR.gp > QR.p
$ parser3 QR.p > QR.pas
$ fpc QR.pas && ./QR > QR.pl
$ perl QR.pl > QR.pl6
$ perl6 QR.pl6 > QR.php
$ php QR.php > QR.png
$ npiet QR.png > QR.ps
$ gs -dNODISPLAY -q QR.ps > QR.ppt
$ ppt -d < QR.ppt > QR.prolog
$ swipl -q -t qr -f QR.prolog > QR.pr
$ spin -T QR.pr > QR.py
$ python3 QR.py > QR.R
$ R --slave -f QR.R > QR.ratfor
$ ratfor -o QR.ratfor.f QR.ratfor && gfortran -o QR QR.ratfor.f &&
  ./QR > QR.rc
$ rc QR.rc > 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.

Docker

Simply build the image and run a container as follows:

$ docker build -t qr .
$ docker run --privileged --rm -e CI=true qr

Note: you need to run in privileged mode otherwise the maxima command will fail.

If you want to check generated files, you can mount the local directory in the Docker container (but keep using the vendor directory of the container), as follows:

$ docker run --privileged --rm -e CI=true -v $(pwd):/usr/local/share/quine-relay -v /usr/local/share/quine-relay/vendor qr

Other platforms

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.

Tested interpreter/compiler versions

I used the following Ubuntu deb packages to test this program.

# language ubuntu package version
1 Ruby ruby 1:3.0~exp1
2 Rust rustc 1.58.1+dfsg1~ubuntu1-0ubuntu2
3 Scala scala 2.11.12-5
4 Scheme guile-3.0 3.0.7-1
5 Scilab scilab-cli 6.1.1+dfsg2-3ubuntu1
6 sed sed 4.8-1ubuntu2
7 Shakespeare N/A -
8 S-Lang slsh 2.3.2-5build4
9 Smalltalk gnu-smalltalk 3.2.5-1.3ubuntu1
10 Squirrel squirrel3 3.1-8build1
11 Standard ML polyml, libpolyml-dev 5.7.1-4ubuntu1
12 Subleq N/A -
13 SurgeScript surgescript 0.5.4.4-1
14 Tcl tcl 8.6.11+1build2
15 tcsh tcsh 6.21.00-1.1
16 Thue N/A -
17 TypeScript node-typescript 4.5.4+ds1-1
18 Unlambda N/A -
19 Vala valac 0.56.0-1
20 Velato N/A -
21 Verilog iverilog 11.0-1.1
22 Vimscript vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2
23 Visual Basic mono-vbnc 4.0.1-3
24 WebAssembly (Binary format) wabt 1.0.27-1
25 WebAssembly (Text format) wabt 1.0.27-1
26 Whitespace N/A -
27 XSLT xsltproc 1.1.34-4build2
28 Yabasic yabasic 1:2.90.2-1
29 Yorick yorick 2.2.04+dfsg1-12
30 Zoem zoem 11-166-2
31 zsh zsh 5.8.1-1
32 A+ aplus-fsf 4.22.1-10.1ubuntu2
33 Ada gnat 10.1ubuntu1
34 AFNIX afnix 3.5.0-3
35 Aheui N/A -
36 ALGOL 68 algol68g 2.8.4-1
37 Ante N/A -
38 AspectJ aspectj 1.9.2-2
39 Asymptote asymptote 2.78+ds-2
40 ATS ats2-lang 0.4.2-1
41 Awk gawk 1:5.1.0-1build3
42 bash bash 5.1-6ubuntu1
43 bc bc 1.07.1-3build1
44 BeanShell bsh 2.0b4-20
45 Befunge N/A -
46 BLC8 N/A -
47 Brainfuck bf 20041219ubuntu7
48 C gcc 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1
49 C++ g++ 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1
50 C# mono-mcs 6.8.0.105+dfsg-3.2
51 Chef N/A -
52 Clojure clojure 1.10.2-1
53 CMake cmake 3.22.1-1ubuntu1
54 Cobol gnucobol4 4.0early20200606-6
55 CoffeeScript coffeescript 1.12.8~dfsg-5
56 Common Lisp clisp 1:2.49.20210628.gitde01f0f-2
57 D gdc 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1
58 Dafny dafny 2.3.0+dfsg-0.1
59 dc dc 1.07.1-3build1
60 Dhall dhall 1.32.0-1build1.1
61 Elixir elixir 1.12.2.dfsg-2.2
62 Emacs Lisp emacs-nox 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5
63 Erlang erlang 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1
64 F# fsharp 4.0.0.4+dfsg2-2
65 FALSE N/A -
66 Flex flex 2.6.4-8build2
67 Fish fish 3.3.1+ds-3
68 Forth gforth 0.7.3+dfsg-9build4.1
69 FORTRAN77 f2c 20200916-1
70 Fortran90 gfortran 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1
71 Gambas script gambas3-scripter, gambas3-gb-pcre 3.16.3-3
72 GAP gap 4.11.1-1
73 GDB gdb 12.0.90-0ubuntu1
74 GEL (Genius) genius 1.0.27-1
75 GeneratorScriptingLanguage generator-scripting-language 4.1.5-3
76 Gnuplot gnuplot 5.4.2+dfsg2-2
77 Go golang 2:1.18~0ubuntu2
78 GolfScript N/A -
79 G-Portugol gpt 1.1-7
80 Grass N/A -
81 Groovy groovy 2.4.21-1
82 Gzip gzip 1.10-4ubuntu4
83 Haskell ghc 8.8.4-3
84 Haxe haxe 1:4.2.4-1build1
85 Icon icont, iconx 9.4.3-7ubuntu1
86 INTERCAL intercal 30:0.30-3
87 Jasmin jasmin-sable 2.5.0-2
88 Java openjdk-11-jdk 11.0.14.1+1-0ubuntu1
89 JavaScript nodejs 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3
90 Jq jq 1.6-2.1ubuntu3
91 JSFuck nodejs 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3
92 Kotlin kotlin 1.3.31+~1.0.1+~0.11.12-2
93 ksh ksh 20211217
94 Lazy K N/A -
95 Lisaac lisaac 1:0.39~rc1-3.1
96 LiveScript livescript 1.6.1+dfsg-2
97 LLVM asm llvm 1:14.0-55~exp2
98 LOLCODE N/A -
99 Lua lua5.3 5.3.6-1build1
100 M4 m4 1.4.18-5ubuntu2
101 Makefile make 4.3-4.1build1
102 Maxima maxima 5.45.1-8
103 MiniZinc minizinc 2.5.3+dfsg1-1
104 MSIL mono-devel 6.8.0.105+dfsg-3.2
105 Mustache ruby-mustache 1.1.1-2
106 NASM nasm 2.15.05-1
107 Neko neko 2.3.0-1build3
108 Nickle nickle 2.91
109 Objective-C gobjc 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1
110 OCaml ocaml 4.13.1-3ubuntu1
111 Octave octave 6.4.0-2
112 Ook! N/A -
113 PARI/GP pari-gp 2.13.3-1
114 Parser 3 parser3-cgi 3.4.6-3
115 Pascal fp-compiler 3.2.2+dfsg-9ubuntu1
116 Perl 5 perl 5.34.0-3ubuntu1
117 Perl 6 rakudo 2022.02-1
118 PHP php-cli 2:8.1+92ubuntu1
119 Piet N/A -
120 PostScript ghostscript 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5
121 PPT (Punched tape) bsdgames 2.17-29
122 Prolog swi-prolog 8.4.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1
123 Promela (Spin) spin 6.5.2+dfsg-1
124 Python python3 3.10.4-0ubuntu2
125 R r-base 4.1.2-1ubuntu2
126 Ratfor ratfor 1.05-2
127 rc rc 1.7.4+97.gceb59bb-4
128 REXX regina-rexx 3.6-2.4

Note that some languages are not available in Ubuntu (marked as N/A). This repository includes their implementations in vendor/. See also vendor/README in detail.

Frequently asked questions

Q. Why?

A. Take your pick.

Q. How?

A. Good news: I published a book, "The world of obfuscated, esoteric, artistic programming". It explains how to write a quine, an ascii-art quine, and an uroboros quine like this quine-relay. You can buy my book on amazon.co.jp.

(It also contains my almost all (about forty) works, including alphabet-only Ruby program, radiation-hardened quine, etc., and explains many techniques to write such programs.)

Bad news: It is written in Japanese. I hope you could translate it into English and help me earn royalties.

Q. Language XXX is missing!

A. See the criteria for language inclusion in detail. (In short: please create a deb package and contribute it to Ubuntu.)

See also ❤️.

Q. Does it really work?

A. CI

Q. How long did it take you?

A. Do you try to cross the world line?

Q. The code does not fit into my display!

A. Here you go.

Q. How was the code generated?

A.

$ sudo apt-get install rake ruby-cairo ruby-rsvg2 ruby-gdk-pixbuf2 \
  optipng advancecomp ruby-chunky-png
$ cd src
$ rake2.0 clobber
$ rake2.0

License

The MIT License applies to all resources except the files in the vendor/ directory.

The files in the vendor/ directory are from third-parties and are distributed under different licenses. See vendor/README in detail.


The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Yusuke Endoh (@mametter), @hirekoke

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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