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Ed source code

while :;do read x;echo \?;done

Here is the source code in x86 assembly (submitted by Nate):

[ORG 0x100]
top:  mov ah,0x0a
      mov dx, buffer
      int 0x21
      mov ah, 0x09
      mov dl,message
      int 0x21
      jmp short top
message:
         db 10,'?',13,10,'$'
buffer:

An initial variant of this joke is also available in plain text.

Another, submitted by Hunter Turcin:


#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int
main()
{
  string huh;
  for (;;)
    {
      getline(cin, huh);
      cout << "?\n";
    }
  return 0;
}

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