Lisp is one of the oldest symbolic programming languages, and is excellent for working with grammars and complex language, manipulating complex structures etc. There are many books available on the Lisp language. This zip archive contains executables and documentation. Information about downloading. This is a simple version of Pilot for MS-DOS systems.
Pilot is a very simple programming language which has been mainly used in instructional settings.
It is especially good for writing dialogues and accepting responses from users with a great deal of tolerance. It is special purpose, and excessively innumerate, but can be used for laying out ethnographic models with fuzzy connections. Also, it is an excellent language to begin with because it is very basic, using as few as three programming commands. If you believe yourself incapable of programming, give Pilot a try. There are many books available on the Pilot language.