Multiple choice technology programming languages

FROM WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EARLIER LANGUAGES, THE USE OF PICTURE CLASS HAS BEEN BORROWED INTO COBOL?

  1. FORTRAN

  2. COMPTRAN

  3. FLOW MATIC

  4. PASCAL

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The PICTURE clause (for data formatting and editing) in COBOL was borrowed from COMTRAN (Commercial Translator), not from FLOW-MATIC, FORTRAN, or Pascal. COMTRAN was an IBM business language that contributed this data description feature.