Docs: add details on origins of Cue

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### Introduction to Cue development
Dagger delivery plans are developed in Cue.
Cue is a powerful declarative language by the creator of GQL, the language used to deploy all applications at Google. It is a superset of JSON, with additional features to make declarative, data-driven programming as pleasant and productive as regular imperative programming.
Cue is a powerful declarative language by Marcel van Lohuizen. Marcel co-created the Borg Configuration Language (BCL), the [language used to deploy all applications at Google](https://storage.googleapis.com/pub-tools-public-publication-data/pdf/43438.pdf). It is a superset of JSON, with additional features to make declarative, data-driven programming as pleasant and productive as regular imperative programming.
If you are new to Cue development, don't worry: this tutorial will walk you through the basic
steps to get started, and give you resources to learn more.