ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Multi-stage programming

Multi-stage programming is a way of writing computer programs that let us do things in steps. Imagine that you are making a yummy chocolate cake. First, you need to gather all of the ingredients like flour, sugar, and cocoa powder. This is like the first stage of programming, where we gather all of the things we need to make our computer program.

Next, we need to mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl to make the batter. This is like the second stage of programming, where we take all of the things we gathered and put them together in a way that they can work together.

Finally, we need to bake the cake in the oven until it is nice and fluffy. This is like the third stage of programming, where we run our new program and see what it does.

So, just like baking a cake, multi-stage programming helps us do things in a logical order. Instead of doing everything at once, we break it up into smaller steps that we can do one at a time. This makes it easier to understand and write complex programs.