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by whitten 988 days ago
Github says it is C, C++, and Starland.

What is Starland ?

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It's Starlark, the language for configuring the build system Bazel. Bazel is the open source port of Google's internal build system, Blaze. Starlark is a subset of Python.
This list of corporate project name associations makes me wonder where Galactus comes in. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OnoxKotPQ

if I had to guess, that is a typo and should be starlark, which is the language used for bazel build files. bazel is the build system they use
Github says "Starlark 6.2%", so it looks like whitten's typo, not GitHub's.
On which keyboard layout is rk into nd a typo ...
on any layout operated by a human, who may at times type the wrong word entirely
…and/or fall victim to autocorrect.
"STARLAND VOCAL BAND? THEY SUCK!"