[eesmith]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16312317 - "A C89 compiler that produces executables that are also valid ASCII text files"

http://tom7.org/abc/

The paper for SIGBOVIK 2017 is both a text file and an executable.

[metadat]

Really near.

Also discussed 11 months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36821985 (15 comments)