<s>
A	O
very	B-Language
high-level	I-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
VHLL	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
with	O
a	O
very	O
high	O
level	O
of	O
abstraction	B-Application
,	O
used	O
primarily	O
as	O
a	O
professional	O
programmer	O
productivity	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VHLLs	B-Language
are	O
usually	O
domain-specific	B-Language
languages	I-Language
,	O
limited	O
to	O
a	O
very	O
specific	O
application	O
,	O
purpose	O
,	O
or	O
type	O
of	O
task	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
often	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
(	O
especially	O
extension	B-Language
languages	I-Language
)	O
,	O
controlling	O
a	O
specific	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
very	B-Language
high-level	I-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
are	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
goal-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
VHLL	B-Language
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
for	O
what	O
are	O
today	O
more	O
often	O
called	O
high-level	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
(	O
not	O
"	O
very	O
"	O
)	O
used	O
for	O
scripting	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
php	B-Application
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
