I agree. Using quote is basically using the Lisp parser to do the work and is almost like reading the source program as input. It would have been interesting if

I agree. Using quote is basically using the Lisp parser to do the work and is almost like reading the source program as input. It would have been interesting if their program contained a parser (which I think wouldn't be too distracting because of homoiconicity). I found this an interesting read anyways especially when they start parametrizing the quine by a function F near the end. Although my interest shouldn't be that much of a surprise given my username: asrp: a self-referential person/program/place