# How big can an answer be?

I have an answer to this question that is quite long. It is the best I can do and no one else has answered the question in the language (I am using Brain-Flak).

However my answer is very large (7e618). It would require more bytes than there exists atoms in the observable universe to store the answer uncompressed. I cannot include the answer for obvious reasons but I can include a very simple way to generate it given enough time and computational power.

Is there any policy on the upper limit of answer sizes? Should there be?

• The technical answer is that answers can be up to 30k characters. If you can describe a way to generate over 30k characters, or link to them then that is fine. However there's another issue. How can you be confident that a program that large (and untestable) meets the requirements of the challenge? It's not that I doubt you, it's just that 7e618 is an astonishingly large number, and I can't comprehend how to prove that an untestably large program is a proper quine. Especially in a language as painful as brain-flak. – James Oct 4 '16 at 4:45
• @DJMcMayhem I can indeed demonstrate that the code works as intended and create a generative formula. The code has a very clear and well defined pattern that makes it the size it is. – Ad Hoc Garf Hunter Oct 4 '16 at 4:48
• ---That... isn't a link to your answer...--- Ah, it's a link to the question? I would recommend removing the anchor so that it doesn't jump down below the question body when you navigate to the page. – wizzwizz4 Oct 17 '16 at 19:54