Which of the following programming languages is widely used in computer science, engineering and also business?

ACOBOL

BFORTRAN

CPASCAL ✓ Correct

DLISP

Correct answer: (C) PASCAL

Explanation

PASCAL is a general-purpose language used across computer science, engineering and business.

COBOL is aimed mainly at business data processing.

FORTRAN is aimed mainly at science and engineering work.

LISP is used mainly in artificial intelligence programming.

PASCAL was designed by Niklaus Wirth to teach structured programming.

Its clear structure made it popular in education.

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