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Ole-Johan Dahl Dead

Ole-Johan Dahl
KindPerson
Born1931
Died2001
StatusDead
Fieldprogramming languages
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Co-created Simula (1962/67) — the language that invented classes, objects, and inheritance.

Created Simula

Co-created Simula with Nygaard — the first OO language, born from discrete-event simulation needs.\n\nTuring Award 2001 (posthumous, with Nygaard); the class/object/virtual vocabulary is their coinage.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole-Johan_Dahl