> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://alel.gitbook.io/alel-v.1.4/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://alel.gitbook.io/alel-v.1.4/the-language/what-is-the-language.md).

# What is The Language?

In-depth dive into what the Language is.

### Why create a programming language?

Creating a programming language is a very important step to take in prompt engineering, there is a lot of things that simple english doesn't provide and that is the ability to customise it without changing how ChatGPT replies to the prompt. ALEL has pre-defined functions which largely improves the ease of use and writing prompts

### What does a programming language change in Prompt Engineering?

Prompt Engineering often requires prompts that have too much information