Hi5ive: The Simplest Computer Language

Book excerpt: Every computer has to have a Language in which to write the applications and operating system. [Most computers use several Languages.] It would be nice if that Language were simple enough to use that if you needed to do something simple that wasn’t provided for by the computer, you could whip up a little application to do that for you in a matter of minutes. And, even if you needed to do something complex, you could still use this same simple-to-use Language. A computer Programming Language is a group of Commands which tell the computer what to do. If you could devise the simplest computer Language possible, how would you go about it? Perhaps you’d say, “Who needs a computer Language?” Well computer Languages are used to write all those apps you use. Computer Languages are used to write websites. And having a computer Language available to do simple tasks that aren’t available by clicking somewhere in an app, would come in handy.