I RAGED ON CSHARP SO HARD I BROKE MY FUCKING PC
| Paradigm(s) | Joke, imperative |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Sawyer |
| Appeared in | 2025 |
| Memory system | cell |
| Computational class | Joke |
| Reference implementation | Unimplemented |
I RAGED ON CSHARP SO HARD I BROKE MY FUCKING PC is a deliberately useless, joke esoteric programming language inspired by the extreme-silliness of ranting at a compiler. It is intentionally 99.99% useless and trivial to implement — the whole point is comedic value rather than computational power. It is equivalent in spirit to trivial one- or two-instruction joke languages such as "Ook!" or some entry-level Brainfuck variants.
Core idea
Every command is a meaningless "rage" action. Most commands do nothing at all except for one command that emits output. Programs may contain any characters; only the letters below are treated as commands. This design makes programs look like angry rants while actually doing almost nothing.
Commands
| Command | Mnemonic | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| C | Compile | (No effect) |
| S | StackOverflow | Move data pointer one cell to the right (wraps) |
| H | Heap crash | Move data pointer one cell to the left (wraps) |
| R | RAGE | Output a single "explosion" (see below) |
All other characters are ignored (treated as comments/decoration).
Memory model
- Fixed-size array of 10 8-bit cells (initialized to 0). — chosen to be arbitrarily tiny for maximum uselessness.
- A data pointer points at one of the cells.
- There are no arithmetic instructions, no input, and no control flow.
- Output (R) prints a single glyph or ASCII character (implementers may choose "💥" or `*` or ASCII 42).
Syntax
Programs are plain text. Only the uppercase letters C, S, H and R are meaningful; lowercase letters are ignored. Whitespace and punctuation are allowed anywhere and ignored.
Example programs
A program that emits two explosions with a pointer move between them:
CSR R
Explanation:
- `C` — (nothing)
- `S` — pointer → next cell
- `R` — output 💥
- (space ignored)
- `R` — output 💥
A completely decorative "angry paragraph" that still outputs once:
I REALLY HATE C#!!! RAGE: R !!!
Reference interpreter
Below is a trivial reference interpreter (Python 3). Copy-paste and run; it deliberately matches the minimal, useless spec.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Reference interpreter for
# "I RAGED ON CSHARP SO HARD I BROKE MY FUCKING PC"
# (Totally useless, intentionally.)
def run(code, cellsize=10, cellbits=8, output_char="💥"):
cells = [0]*cellsize
ptr = 0
for ch in code:
if ch == 'C':
pass
elif ch == 'S':
ptr = (ptr + 1) % cellsize
elif ch == 'H':
ptr = (ptr - 1) % cellsize
elif ch == 'R':
# output one explosion (no relation to cell contents)
print(output_char, end='')
# else: ignore everything else
print() # newline at end
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
program = sys.argv[1]
else:
program = input("RAGE CODE> ")
run(program)
Implementation notes
- The language intentionally omits arithmetic and control flow to remain "useless".
- Implementers are encouraged to be silly with output (emoji, ASCII art, short sentences).
- For a tiny variation, the output instruction R could print the current cell's numeric value; however the canonical form prints a fixed explosion glyph and ignores cell contents.
Examples of use
- Joke demonstrations on a wiki page.
- Playground for showing how an interpreter is built, without worrying about Turing completeness.
- Entry in the Joke language list.
See also
- Joke language list
- Language list
- Brainfuck — inspiration for minimal, single-character instruction sets.
External resources
- (Add a GitHub link here if you create an implementation.)
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