R.tar.gz [Cross-Platform]

: Just as a program quine prints its own source code, these files contain their own compressed representation.

The phrase most likely refers to a famous blog post by Russ Cox titled "Zip Files All The Way Down," which explores the concept of a self-reproducing archive, or a decompression quine . The Recursive Archive Concept R.tar.gz

: The archive uses the properties of the DEFLATE algorithm and the way zip/tar headers work to point back to the beginning of the file, essentially creating a loop. Common Technical Contexts : Just as a program quine prints its