The Shortest (again!) [Problem of the Week]

Once that a blogger says “i am too busy to post and i will start posting regularly once i am free” he never actually becomes free and never it happens that you see a post in his blog again..

so i wont say that .. but since i am busy a bit .. i will leave you with a strange problem this time.. famous among hackers.. its about..

The Shortest Program That Can Print It Self

..ignoring header files..

so lets say you write this program

#include <stdio.h>void main(){}

your program must print to the console this

void main(){} press any key to exit..

 

and off course .. any other letter you add to the code (e.g. the printing code inside the main) must be printed also along with the code

 

Rules and Hints:

1. the code may be in C or C++
2. you may consider using either printf or cout to print the program any thing is fine, printf is recommended.
3. if you can also print the #include lines.. (honestly I couldn’t).. then you are the man.
4. “almost right” answers might be accepted as long as it RUNS and at least prints 95% of the program!
5. Anonymous answers wont be approved, at least provide a nick name and don’t use m8 cause its mine!
6. if you still don’t get the problem, try writing a program that prints “int main(){}” and then look at your code .. and then try to add what you added to the printed “int main(){}” and you will get the problem.
   in other words .. i need to copy the console output and place it in a cpp and run it and then take its output place it in a cpp and .. bla bla

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