# Computation Layer language

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/computation-layer-language/4257>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/computation-layer-language/4257 "2022-05-02T14:51:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/computation-layer-language/4257/1 "2022-05-02T14:51:19Z")

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What is the programing language that the CL is based in, or what is a language that is close to the CL language ?

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/computation-layer-language/4257/2 "2022-05-02T19:30:00Z")

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I don’t know the correct answer other than that it was not an existing language. However, the best answer I heard when I kept trying to compare it to different languages was to think about it more like a spreadsheet than the other languages I was mentioning. Thinking of it as a spreadsheet (constant updates and computation dependencies rather than sequential code) helps me to understand the error messages a lot better.