Simula is a programming language developed at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard. It began as a language for simulations of systems such as queues and industrial processes, and an early version was followed by a more general one. Simula introduced the main concepts of object-oriented programming, including classes, objects, inheritance and virtual procedures, and so it is regarded as the first object-oriented language. Its ideas strongly influenced later languages such as Smalltalk and C++. Dahl and Nygaard received the Turing Award in 2001 for their work. Although Simula itself was used mostly in Scandinavia, its legacy is in nearly every modern software system.
Before and after
- 1962Founding of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
- 1962Publication of The World Factbook
- 1962Construction of Pleiku Airport
- 1962Construction of European Southern Observatory
- 1962Creation of Simula
- 1 January 1962Establishment of Petrified Forest National Park
- 1962Origins of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
- 1962Founding of Jamaica
- 17 January 1962Birth of Jim Carrey
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The era
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