A quine in Piet – a GIF image that prints itself [video]

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A video demonstrates a quine written in Piet, an esoteric language where programs are images. A 252x189 GIF serves as both the program and its output, printing itself byte for byte.

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# A quine in Piet – a GIF image that prints itself [video] **Channel:** surprisetalk Source: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwMtzhjCzyc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwMtzhjCzyc) ## Description In Piet, a program is an image. The 252x189 GIF on the left is the program, and running it prints that very GIF, byte for byte. Code and generator: https://github.com/mame/piet-quine Write up: https://dev.to/mame/a-quine-in-piet-and-a-plug-for-the-esolang-design-contest-339o 0:00 Load the data 0:10 GIF header & palette 0:30 Draw the data part 1:40 Draw the code part 2:20 Trailer & halt

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