Which of the following is a scripting language?

AFORTRAN 95

BCOBOL

CC++

DVisual Basic ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Visual Basic

Explanation

Visual Basic is used to write scripts and event driven code, making it a scripting style language.

FORTRAN 95 is a compiled language used mainly for scientific computation.

COBOL is a compiled language designed for business data processing.

C++ is a compiled general purpose object oriented programming language.

Scripting languages are usually interpreted and automate tasks rather than build large compiled programs.

Other common scripting languages include JavaScript, Python and PHP.

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