 Front page of rosettacode.org | |
| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| URL | www |
| Launched | January 1, 2007; 19 years ago (2007-01-01) |
| Current status | Online |
Content license | GFDL |
| Written in | PHP,MediaWiki |
Rosetta Code is awiki-based programmingchrestomathy website with implementations of commonalgorithms and solutions to variousprogramming problems in many differentprogramming languages.[1][2] It is named for theRosetta Stone, which has the same text inscribed on it in three languages, and thus allowedEgyptian hieroglyphs to be deciphered for the first time.[3]
Rosetta Code was created in 2007 by Michael Mol.[3] The site's content is licensed under theGNU Free Documentation License 1.2, though some components may be dual-licensed under more permissive terms.[4]
The Rosetta Code web repository illustrates how desired functionality is implemented very differently in variousprogramming paradigms,[5][6] and how "the same" task is accomplished in different programming languages.[7]
As of 22 February 2024[update], Rosetta Code has:[8]
In August 2022, Rosetta Code migrated from independent hosting toMiraheze.
The Rosetta Code site is organized as a browsable cross-section of tasks (specific programming problems or considerations) and computer programming languages.[2] A task's page displays visitor-contributed solutions in various computer languages, allowing a viewer to compare each language's approach to the task's stated problem.
Task pages are included in per-language listings based on the languages of provided solutions; a task with a solution in theC programming language will appear in the listing for C. If the same task has a solution inRuby, the task will appear in the listing for Ruby as well.
Some of the computer programming languages found on Rosetta Code (which have Wikipedia descriptions) include:[9]
A complete list of the computer programming languages that have examples (entries/solutions to the Rosetta Code tasks) is available.[10]
Some of the tasks found on Rosetta Code include:[11]
