An ooc quine

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While preparing my next post about ooc documentation yet again, I stumbled upon an old ooc quine of mine. Here it is in integrality for your pleasure:

q := 34 as Char l := [ "q := 34 as Char" "l := [" "]" "for (i in 0..2) {" " l[i] println()" "}" "for (i in 0..12) {" " q print(); l[i] print(); q println()" "}" "for (i in 2..12) {" " l[i] println()" "}" ] for (i in 0..2) { l[i] println() } for (i in 0..12) { q print(); l[i] print(); q println() } for (i in 2..12) { l[i] println() }

It is very much inspired from the Wikipedia examples for a quine.

Can you find a shorter one?

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