How to Write a Quine

main how to write a quine This is a text about how to write a quine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_%28computing%29), which is a program that prints its own source code without using introspection. I assume the reader has encountered quines before, maybe even tried to write one, and understands why they are difficult and interesting. The text consists of two parts: in the first, I explain through an allegory how it works, and in the second, I describe in detail how to write a quine. How a Q