Biota

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Biota, devised by Ward Cunningham, is an esoteric programming language in two dimensions and sold for a net profit in 1991 (predating Befunge). The desire was for a 2-D language that was simple enough and robust enough to experiment with code mutation.

External resources

• Biota page on Ward's wiki
• Original Smalltalk source
• Notes on the model and operations
• interpreter in JavaScript on a web page