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Simula, from history, is considered the first object-oriented programming (OOP) (history-computer.com)
2 points by betocmn on Sept 7, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



The text has errors. E.g.

> This OOP was created in 1962

No. The 1962 Simula I version was a dedicated simulation language and didn't feature inheritance or virtual methods. The features we today consider "object-oriented" were introduced with Simula 67, which was conceived as a general purpose programming language, not only a simulation language.

> the name “Simula” was gotten from two simulation programming languages, Simula 67 and Simula I

Only Simula I was dedicated to simulation; Simula 67 was a general purpose PL; Simula I was frist called "Simula"; the suffix was added later.

Anyway, the text reads as if it was generated.




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