Briefly describe the characteristics of EACH of the following programming paradigms:  I. Declarative   II. Procedural   III. Scripting

I. Declarative Programming Paradigm: Declarative programming is a style of programming that is focused on what needs to be done, rather than how it should be done. It expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow. This paradigm allows developers to write programs that are shorter, easier to write, and potentially easier to understand. Examples of declarative programming languages include SQL, HTML, and CSS.

II. Procedural Programming Paradigm: Procedural programming is a programming paradigm that uses a linear or top-down approach. It relies on procedures or routines that perform operations on the data. These procedures are a series of computational steps to be carried out. Any given procedure might be called at any point during a program's execution, including by other procedures or itself. Examples of procedural programming languages include C, Go, and Fortran.

III. Scripting Programming Paradigm: Scripting programming is a programming paradigm that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that can interpret and automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted, rather than compiled. They are typically used for automating tasks, and for quick prototyping. Examples of scripting languages include Python, Ruby, and JavaScript.