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Line oriented programming language

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A line oriented programming language interprets the end of line to be the end of an instruction or statement.

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Some line oriented languages may support the use of a line continuation character, such as a backslash or tilde symbol.

Examples

The following languages are line oriented:

  • AWK
  • BASIC
  • occam
  • Python
  • REXX
  • Non-line-oriented languages

    Non line oriented programming languages utilize a logical statement end, or an end of statement marker, such as a semicolon or dot symbol to mark the line end.

    Examples

    The following languages are non-line-oriented:

  • C
  • C++
  • Perl
  • References

    Line-oriented programming language Wikipedia