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: If you feel that this is a significant issue, I think you should document it. In the general case, the concept and implementation of "output" is situational and depends on the character of the host session, and Quines traditionally assume just one mode of output. (And this is more of an issue in some languages than others.) --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 14:24, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
: If you feel that this is a significant issue, I think you should document it. In the general case, the concept and implementation of "output" is situational and depends on the character of the host session, and Quines traditionally assume just one mode of output. (And this is more of an issue in some languages than others.) --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] 14:24, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

== nostalgia comments ==
I added some nostalgia notes at the end of the Fortran example. I had assumed that this [QUINE} being such an old challenge, that it would be pertinent. Almost a half-century ago!! [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]]