Remember that esolangs are arguably the "purest" medium of artistic expression for programming, and that artworks often are about challenging or confronting imp

Remember that esolangs are arguably the "purest" medium of artistic expression for programming, and that artworks often are about challenging or confronting implicit assumptions. Or to put it differently: yes, that is indeed the joke :). Thank you for elaborating the technical details though (plus I did not know the small file trick, that's a neat bit of trivia).