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- The 29th annual ICFP Programming Contest started an hour ago, on July 24, 2026, and runs for 3 days; participants can sign up at icfpcontest2026.com.
- The contest introduces a new two-dimensional language called 'littleman,' which emphasizes spatial reasoning, where little men physically walk over instructions to execute them and exchange data via drawn pipes.
- To ensure a fair contest in the age of AI agents, the design avoids rewarding unmonitored AI loops, and a textbook about littleman is publicly available.