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Expressions that talk about themselves
Fokkinga, Maarten (1996) Expressions that talk about themselves. The Computer Journal, 39 (5). pp. 408-412. ISSN 0010-4620
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| Abstract: | In this paper we explain, independent of any formalism, how to construct an expression in a formal system that ‘does something with itself’. As an application of this procedure we show how to construct a program that writes its own text, lay-out included. The emphases is on the systematic development in concrete programming languages, rather than on the abstract theory or the end result (which, indeed, are not new at all). |
| Item Type: | Article |
| Copyright: | © 1996 Oxford Journals |
| Faculty: | Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) |
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| Link to this item: | http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/66233 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/39.5.408 |
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