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"...there is nothing new under the sun." [ source ]

Emoji-based languages have existed since at least 2015, it looks like. But I'm glad that emojicode is gaining traction! I love me a good esolang.

APL developers actually had to get specific typewriter balls in the early days (before dot-based and laser printers) if they wanted to print out their source code to share it with other developers.

APL typeball

If you like terse C (or C++) code, you should check out this ray-tracing code that fits on the back of a business card.

I'll definitely check out that paper. Thanks a lot for sharing, Raunak!