yea Firstmate, i saw that ;P you could say it's "a quine on a slightly modified mIRC environment", since it relies upon the existence and execution of a certain 'lastbind' alias.

I understand what you're saying, but a quine just has to show the re-output whatever you typed to trigger it.
By your logic, you could say Jaytea's might not be a quine because it doesn't show the source for $me or $ctimer.

Em, okay... Thanks...

As explained in the description, it outputs its own source code. (Thats a rather hard thing to do in a sense). Although you could possibly just get it to read its own script file then output it >.>

What exactly does this Snippet do? :p

But it isnt a quine, you are simply returning what command you put in and not specifically its own source code. A quine of that code above would output;

on *:INPUT:*:if (/* iswm $1-) set %lastbind $1-
alias lastbind return %lastbind

argv0 posted this and I thought it was a really simple, cool one.

on *:INPUT:*:if (/* iswm $1-) set %lastbind $1-
alias lastbind return %lastbind

The quine is produced when typing //echo -a $lastbind

Jaytea, I know there's better ways to code it. Was just giving an example of how Quines can be useful :)

how about

.timer 0 10 if ($me ison # ) .timer $!+ $!ctimer off $(|) else join -n #

your quine form can still be useful though ;P

A nice little example of how quine's can be useful. A rejoin-on-kick timer, that tries to rejoin then reactivates itself if not on the channel you were kicked from:

on *:KICK:#:{
  if ($knick == $me) {
    $+(.timerRejoin:,$cid,:,#) 1 10 if ($me !ison # ) $chr(123) join # $(|) $!+(.timer,$ctimer) 1 10 $!timer($ctimer).com $chr(125)
  }
}

I've noticed a lot of Jaytea's work to be proof-of-concept, which is perfectly fine and acceptable for a snippet post, by my standards. Showing people new ways to do things, or how to do things they didn't even KNOW they could do on mIRC, is part of the idea behind having a section on Hawkee dedicated to mSL in the first place, I would assume.

And I did learn something! I never knew quine was a word. =P

It's not supposed to be a useful script.. not all code snippets have to be useful guys. mIRC scripting is a hobby for most people, so developing things that are challenging, albeit useless, is quite fun.

This is a prime example of such a snippet.

Nice work jaytea! A quine is one of the few things I've never been able to figure out on my own :P

I apologize if it is. What you have typed made me think that you used an online translator of some sort. Lots of time people use them and end up getting translation other than what they've intended to say.

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jaytea, cut Conscious some slack. Evidently English is not his first language and the translation seemingly appeared to be rude...;/ Nice snippet regardless of what I've been clueless about it.

Conscious, if you don't see the point in this then that's fine, by all means ignore it. there are many other scripts on this site that are likely to interest you and that you can focus your efforts on instead. if your point was to suggest that i refrain from posting these sorts of snippets in the future, then i'm afraid i'm not persuaded :P

hah [Plornt], sorry, i did make it a bit cryptic! if it helps, here's the same line with proper syntax:

//echo $iif($eval( //echo $!iif($eval( $v1 , 0),$eval($v1, 2)) , 0),$eval($v1, 2))

Ohai Conscious,
Before messaging me on IRC about this script expecting me to go ape sht and call it useless etc with you. Please understand what it is actually doing instead of showing me examples you have made that "achieve the same thing" when they dont do the slightest. Its supposed to message its source so your $($1-,0) wont work mainly because that only returns $1- which is not its source.

Anyway let me try and figure out how this one works (fulleh) as its a proper mind fuck >.>

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This snippet is really deep it almost took me for a fool...It's like you're to meditate a long time to reach nirvana.

alias thisisstuipid return $($1-,0)

apparently we have a heckler in the audience. no biggie, i can't expect everyone to appreciate the subtle and the intricate!

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and that is precisely what a quine is. start with //echo in your editbox, and try to type a line of code that, when enter is pressed, displays the same line you typed. it's not as simple as you might think ;P

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This snippet has lost me. I hope jaytea doesn't mind to shed some light on it.

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I'm not certain. I've experienced nothingness but quine-ness. :s