<s>
Pro*C	B-Language
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Pro*	B-Language
C/C	I-Language
++	I-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
embedded	B-Language
SQL	I-Language
programming	O
language	O
used	O
by	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
DBMSes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pro*C	B-Language
uses	O
either	O
C	B-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
as	O
its	O
host	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
compilation	B-Language
,	O
the	O
embedded	B-Language
SQL	I-Language
statements	O
are	O
interpreted	O
by	O
a	O
precompiler	B-Application
and	O
replaced	O
by	O
C	B-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
function	O
calls	O
to	O
their	O
respective	O
SQL	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
output	O
from	O
the	O
Pro*C	B-Language
precompiler	B-Application
is	O
standard	O
C	B-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
that	O
is	O
then	O
compiled	B-Language
by	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
C	B-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
compilers	B-Language
into	O
an	O
executable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
