1. A system comprising one or more machine-readable media that store thereon a first translator for translating a first computer language into a second computer language, and a second translator that converts the second language into active element instructions, which are instructions that indicate settings of parameters of components of an active element machine, which is a machine that includes at least a multiplicity of computing elements, and a multiplicity of couplings communicatively connecting the multiplicity of computing elements to one another, such that the couplings are capable of transmitting messages between the multiplicity of computing elements.