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Introducing Rockstar. Rockstar is a computer programming language designed for creating programs that are also hair metal power ballads. Here’s Fizzbuzz in Rockstar.
Type your Rockstar program here, or try these examples: fizzbuzz • 99 bottles of beer
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Rockstar is a dynamically typed computer programming language, designed for creating programs that are also song lyrics. Rockstar is heavily influenced by the lyrical conventions of 1980s hard rock and power ballads.
But why?
Mainly because if we make Rockstar a real (and completely pointless) programming language, then recruiters and hiring managers won't be able to talk about 'rockstar developers' any more.
Also 'cos it's kinda fun and any language based on the idea of compiling Meatloaf lyrics has to be worth a look, right?
The official reference implementation is Satriani - written in JavaScript, it runs in browsers and supports NodeJS for server-side and larger projects.
Rocky is a fully spec-compliant Rockstar implementation written in Java, and is currently the only Rockstar implementation that includes support for the DEC64 numeric type that was described in the original language specification.
Other implementations:
•rockstar-js - Rockstar-to-JavaScript transpiler
•rockstar-lexer - Rockstar lexer written in Haskell with Alex
•rockstar-java - Rockstar interpreter in Java
•Enterprise™ - "The world is not made only of Rockstar programmers. For all the non hipsters out there, now there's Enterprise™"
The Rockstar Language Specification. Rockstar is intended to give the programmer an unprecedented degree of poetic license when it comes to the composition and structure of their programs. File format. Rockstar programs are UTF-8 files with the .rock file extension.
Rockstar is a computer programming language based on the lyrics to 1980s hard rock and power ballads. No, really. That's what it is. It's not a joke. Well, it is a joke, but it's a joke you can actually use to write computer programs that are also rock songs. Curious? Check out the tutorial
Rockstar is a satirical language that uses 1980s rock lyrics as syntax. Learn how to declare variables, use poetic numbers, compare values, and write loops in Rockstar.
Rockstar is a dynamically typed computer programming language, designed for creating programs that are also song lyrics. Rockstar is heavily influenced by the lyrical conventions of 1980s hard rock and power ballads.
