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The Roots of Object Orientation: The Simula Language

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The development of the programming languages Simula I and Simula 67 is briefly described. An attempt is made also to explain the cultural impact of the languages, in particular the object-oriented aspects.

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  1. University of Oslo, Norway

    Ole-Johan Dahl (Professor of Informatics (Emeritus)

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  1. Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 80290, München, Germany

    Manfred Broy (Professor of Informatics) (Professor of Informatics)

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    Ernst Denert (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)

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Dahl, OJ. (2002). The Roots of Object Orientation: The Simula Language. In: Broy, M., Denert, E. (eds) Software Pioneers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59412-0_6

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