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[Ola Skavhaug <skavhaug@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Shawn Walker <walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So is it true that Simula started object-oriented programming?
>

Yes, this is generally accepted. Keep in mind we talk about Simula the
computer language, and not Simula the research laboratory (named after
the language). The inventors, Ole Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard, both
got the Von Neumann medal and the Touring prize for their effort, if I
remember right.


Ola

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