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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.

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?

Plus we can make stickers. Who doesn't want a sticker on their laptop saying 'CERTIFIED ROCKSTAR DEVELOPER'?

What's here?

Implementations

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
rockstar-ml - Rockstar interpreter in OCaml
rockstar-py - Rockstar-to-Python transpiler
kaiser-ruby - Rockstar to Ruby transpiler
sublime-rockstar-syntax - Syntax highlighter for Sublime Text 3
language-rockstar - Syntax highlighter for Atom
maiden - Rockstar interpreter in Rust (online version using WebAssembly)
thrash - Rockstar implementation in Go
rockstar-webpiler - Online Rockstar Parser and Transpiler. rockstar.connorwfitzgerald.com
wasm-rocks - Online Rockstar-to-WebAssembly compiler
vim-rockstar - Syntax highlighting for vim
vscode-rockstar-language - Syntax highlighting for VSCode
chirp - Rockstar interpreter in C using flex and yacc
rockstar-feat-csharp - Embed Rockstar on your C# code using source-code generators
sellout - Rockstar to C# (dotnet core) transpiler
native-rockstar - Rockstar to C++ transpiler in javascript.
rokkstar - Rockstar parser and interpreter written in Kotlin.

Social Spaces

Media Coverage

Meet the boffin behind a computer programming language based on power ballads in Classic Rock magazine.
Rockstar article on BoingBoing
Rockstar on HackerNews
Rockstar on /r/ProgrammerHumor
Rockstar on dice.com
The Rockstar Programming Language | Mitigated Frenzy - see also their solution to the Rainfall problem
Rockstar reference on Coding Blocks Podcast
Rockstar on .NET Rocks! Podcast