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<pre class="python-code"><code><span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>>#!/usr/bin/env python3</span>
&quot;&quot;&quot;
A quine that also writes poetry about itself.

A quine <span class="keyword">is</span> a program that outputs its own source code.
This one adds a poetic reflection on the strangeness of self-reference.
&quot;&quot;&quot;

<span class="keyword">import</span> sys
<span class="keyword">from</span> datetime <span class="keyword">import</span> datetime

<span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>># The source code template <span class="keyword">with</span> a placeholder <span class="keyword">for</span> itself</span>
source = &<span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>>#<span class="number">039</span>;&#<span class="number">039</span>;&#<span class="number">039</span>;#!/usr/bin/env python3</span>
&quot;&quot;&quot;
A quine that also writes poetry about itself.

A quine <span class="keyword">is</span> a program that outputs its own source code.
This one adds a poetic reflection on the strangeness of self-reference.
&quot;&quot;&quot;

<span class="keyword">import</span> sys
<span class="keyword">from</span> datetime <span class="keyword">import</span> datetime

<span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>># The source code template <span class="keyword">with</span> a placeholder <span class="keyword">for</span> itself</span>
source = {source_repr}

poems = [
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    I am a loop that speaks itself,
    A mirror made of logic shelves,
    Each line I write, I also read,
    A strange recursive flower seed.
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    Who wrote me? I wrote me.
    Who runs me? I run free.
    My output <span class="keyword">is</span> my input too,
    A serpent eating what it grew.
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    In the beginning was the Word,
    And the Word was self-referred.
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(source) - simple spell,
    Heaven, <span class="keyword">or</span> recursive hell?
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    I contain multitudes (of myself),
    A book that <span class="keyword">is</span> its only shelf,
    The map that maps the territory,
    An infinitely looping story.
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
]

<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="keyword">def</span> main():
    <span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>># Print a poem about self-reference</span>
    poem_index = datetime.now().second % <span class="builtin">len</span>(poems)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;=&quot; * <span class="number">50</span>)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;THE QUINE SPEAKS:&quot;)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(poems[poem_index])
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;=&quot; * <span class="number">50</span>)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>()

    <span class="keyword">if</span> &quot;--source&quot; <span class="keyword">in</span> sys.argv:
        <span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>># Output our source code</span>
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;MY BODY (which <span class="keyword">is</span> also my soul):&quot;)
        <span class="builtin">print</span>()
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(source.format(source_repr=repr(source)))
    <span class="keyword">else</span>:
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;Run <span class="keyword">with</span> --source to see my complete self&quot;)
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;(A quine too shy to undress unprompted)&quot;)

<span class="keyword">if</span> __name__ == &quot;__main__&quot;:
    main()
&<span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>>#<span class="number">039</span>;&#<span class="number">039</span>;&#<span class="number">039</span>;</span>

poems = [
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    I am a loop that speaks itself,
    A mirror made of logic shelves,
    Each line I write, I also read,
    A strange recursive flower seed.
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    Who wrote me? I wrote me.
    Who runs me? I run free.
    My output <span class="keyword">is</span> my input too,
    A serpent eating what it grew.
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    In the beginning was the Word,
    And the Word was self-referred.
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(source) - simple spell,
    Heaven, <span class="keyword">or</span> recursive hell?
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
    &quot;&quot;&quot;
    I contain multitudes (of myself),
    A book that <span class="keyword">is</span> its only shelf,
    The map that maps the territory,
    An infinitely looping story.
    &quot;&quot;&quot;,
]

<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="keyword">def</span> main():
    <span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>># Print a poem about self-reference</span>
    poem_index = datetime.now().second % <span class="builtin">len</span>(poems)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;=&quot; * <span class="number">50</span>)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;THE QUINE SPEAKS:&quot;)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(poems[poem_index])
    <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;=&quot; * <span class="number">50</span>)
    <span class="builtin">print</span>()

    <span class="keyword">if</span> &quot;--source&quot; <span class="keyword">in</span> sys.argv:
        <span <span class="keyword">class</span>=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"comment"</span>># Output our source code</span>
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;MY BODY (which <span class="keyword">is</span> also my soul):&quot;)
        <span class="builtin">print</span>()
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(source.format(source_repr=repr(source)))
    <span class="keyword">else</span>:
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;Run <span class="keyword">with</span> --source to see my complete self&quot;)
        <span class="builtin">print</span>(&quot;(A quine too shy to undress unprompted)&quot;)

<span class="keyword">if</span> __name__ == &quot;__main__&quot;:
    main()
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