Kimian Self Reproduction Kimian self-rep, like quines, got it's name from Godel Escher Bach. A Kimian 'program' is actually the error produced by the system when it encounters the code. Kimian self reps are therefore very system-specific, and even implementation specific. Author: Gary Thompson II (gthompso@nyx.net) Note: Awk awk: syntax error near line 1 awk: bailing out near line 1 Author: Tom Phoenix Note: Unix Shell % /bin/ksh: /bin/ksh:: not found Author; Mark Jason Dominus Note: Perl. Install the following line in the file /tmp/p: Illegal division by zero at /tmp/p line 1. Illegal division by zero at /tmp/p line 1. Author: Andy Newman Note: Unix $ xxx: not found xxx:: not found $ Author: Unknown Note: tcsh $ Unmatched ". Unmatched ". Author: Unknown Note: Command.com C:\>Bad command or file name Bad command or file name Author: Unknown Note: BASIC Syntax Error Author: Kip Lewis (kip@tamu.edu) Note:WinNT 4.0 The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.