Tabloid programming language
Shares rank 149 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
A playful programming language whose keywords read like tabloid headlines, recommended for its humor and witty keyword choices.
A playful programming language whose keywords read like tabloid headlines, recommended for its humor and witty keyword choices.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Tabloid-style keywords like TRUTH
“Love `TOTALLY RIGHT` and `COMPLETELY WRONG` as boolean, but `TRUTH` and `FAKE NEWS` sounds better.”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language” “Love the energy and keyword selections”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language” Funny parody of clickbait
“Write amazing programs with this one weird trick”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language” “This is the perfect amount of stupid.”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language”
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4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Write amazing programs with this one weird trick”
“Love `TOTALLY RIGHT` and `COMPLETELY WRONG` as boolean, but `TRUTH` and `FAKE NEWS` sounds better.”
“Love the energy and keyword selections”
“This is the perfect amount of stupid.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.