Programming languages were developed in order to
A) make it possible to program computers in English.
B) make programming faster and less error-prone.
C) speed translations between English and Russian during the Cold War.
D) improve the computation speed of computers, which were very expensive.
E) All of the above.

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Programming languages were developed to make programming faster and less error-prone. While some programming languages may use English words, they are not developed solely to program in English. Similarly, while programming languages may improve computation speed, improving speed was not the primary reason for their development. The development of programming languages is not related to translations between English and Russian during the Cold War. Therefore, B is the best choice.

Programming Languages Were Developed in Order to