Carol's high school has a requirement that all students must take a language course. Carol petitions to take C++ computer programming as her language course. Which argument is most effective for making the case that it is a language?
A. C++ is not understood by people who have not received extensive training.
B. C++ is difficult to learn and requires large amounts of training to understand.
C. Learning C++ isolates her from others, which is the purpose of language.
D. C++ allows her to communicate to her computer and to other programmers.
Answer: D
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