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by randomdata 655 days ago
Simula long predates OO. To call it an OO language is laughable.

Simula has objects, but that does not imply that the objects are oriented.
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layer8 655 days ago
The inventors of Simula disagree: http://kristennygaard.org/FORSKNINGSDOK_MAPPE/F_OO_start.htm...
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randomdata 655 days ago
Implying that the inventors of Simula had a time machine?

I am inclined to think the more logical explanation is that they didn't actually take OO back in time and that Simula isn't an OO language at all (perhaps confused by the first OO language being created with Simula?), but admittedly I'm rooting for the time machine! Look forward to you telling us more about it.

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